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How to Read Literature Like a Professor
Chapters 1-4 Notes
Chapter 1: Every Trip is a Quest (Except When It's Not)
Elements of a Quest
A quester
A place to go
A stated reason to go there
Challenges/difficulticies along the way
The real reason to go there(always some form of self-knowledge)
Example - Lord of the Rings
1. Frodo Baggins
2. Mount Doom
3. Frodo must destroy the ____Ring_____ of Sauron
4. ____Orcs______, the ring’s possessive powers, Gollum, corrupted men and other
creatures
trying ____to steal______ the ring, etc.
5. Frodo gains his _____independence_____ and finds a _____purpose_____ in life
(finishes Bilbo’sbook, moves with the elves); strengthens _____friendship_____ with
hobbits and other creatures.