how to read literature like a professor presentations cassie herald tanner wilson honors english iv
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How to Read Literature Like a Professor
PresentationsCassie Herald
Tanner Wilson
Honors English IV
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Introduction•HTRLLAP is a book by Thomas Foster that discusses how
to read beyond the lines of text in literature, and look into something much greater.
• The book covers many topics, over 20 chapters of different topics that Foster explores.
•With each topic, he goes in-depth of how to not only look at text on the lines, but between and beyond the lines.
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“…More Than It’s Going to Hurt You: Concerning Violence”
•This is Chapter 11 in Foster’s book.
•Literally, this chapter is over violence.
•It discusses the main points that violence plays in a work of literature.
•These points vary.
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Main Points • Violence can create symbolism, a metaphor, and can create a
theme.
• Violence is all throughout literature.
• Real life violence compared to violence in literature.
• Death, weight, and burden.
• Accidents are not just accidents.
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Examples in HTRLLAP
•Beloved
•D. H. Lawrence, William Faulkner.
•Slavery.
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The Kite Runner Overview
•Amir, Baba, Hassan, Assef, Sohrab, Rahim Khan…
•A kid who has a friend that is a servant and after a kite fight, both lives are changed forever.
•Themes and metaphors.
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Violence in The Kite Runner
•Rape.
•Stoning.
•Fighting.
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Relationship Between HTRLLAP and The Kite Runner •Rape scene makes the plot advance.
•Also related to Faulkner.
• Stoning- Weight and burden.
• Sins.
• Fight for redemption.
•Real life vs. literature.
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Slavery•Slavery in HTRLLAP compared to The Kite
Runner.
•Taliban vs. slave owners.
•Control over a race, using extreme force.
•Metaphor.
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Other Works Relating to Violence• Of Mice and Men
• George shooting Lennie.
• Lennie squishing Curly’s hand.
• The Great Gatsby
• Tom Buchanan hitting Myrtle.
• Myrtle being hit by Daisy.
• Gatsby laying dead in the pool.
• The Hunger Games
• Violence everywhere.
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Closing
•Any Questions?