This is very cool. My sophomore year in high school they put me in an advanced literature class. We read a book a week, the usual classics, and then discussed them. I loved the books, but during our discussions, I always seemed out of step with the symbolism discussions with the rest of the class. It drove me nuts. I saw some things as plain as day, that no one else seemed to see....and the things everyone else seemed to see, we're completely lost on me.
I remember it really frustrating me. To this day I think it's why I despise and refuse to re-read A Catcher in the Rye. Looking back now, i think an exercise similar to what this young man did, would have done a world of good for me. I enjoyed reading this. On Tue, May 6, 2014 at 4:40 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote: > > Kid gets into a debate with his high school English teacher about needing > to study symbolism in fiction. So kid sends out a 4 question survey to 150 > prominent authors of the time. 75 replied. > > > http://mentalfloss.com/article/30937/famous-novelists-symbolism-their-work-and-whether-it-was-intentional > > Cheers, > Judah > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:369989 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
