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Chapter 22: “He’s Blind for a Reason, You Know”
How to Read Literature Like a Professor by Thomas C. Foster
By: Amber Brown
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If a writer introduces a blind character to an audience, then that character is
going to perform a very significant role during the plot of the story.
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• Extremely Important & Ironic Disability
• In a story (NOT IN REAL LIFE)
• Portray pshycological, moral, & intellectual characteristics
• Blind See and Sighted are Blind
• Identifies failure to see reality, love, truth etc.
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When a Writer wants us to know something significant about a character then…
• Mention It
• Concepts of light and dark
• Dark=Blindness
• Light=Sight
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• Mentioned Early
• “Indiana Jones Principle”
• “If you want your audience to know something important about your character (or the work at large), introduce it early, before you need it.”
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Introducing a Blind Character to the Audience is a Challenge
Challenges the Writer• Actions have to
accommodate the disability• Disabled characters can be
a hassle to authors• Specific Reasoning
Challenges the Audience• Learning the characters is
blind• Familiarity to the concept of
light and dark• Interpret Text for Full
Meaning
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