tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5185939177948824366.post3813269933409008123..comments2023-11-03T05:57:56.814-04:00Comments on Get Thee to a Punnery!: Booking Through Thursdays: So What?Olgahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13785280186173412131noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5185939177948824366.post-64565203201200178022009-04-27T22:29:00.000-04:002009-04-27T22:29:00.000-04:00I HATE when teachers make students overanalyze eve...I HATE when teachers make students overanalyze every bit of information in a story or article.<br /><br />I swear, the author could not have put THAT much thought into writing.Pretty Unfamoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15049313019260731194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5185939177948824366.post-79533948783963601912009-04-27T15:34:00.000-04:002009-04-27T15:34:00.000-04:00Would love to. I'd feel less embarrassed about it ...Would love to. I'd feel less embarrassed about it with someone else!Olgahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13785280186173412131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5185939177948824366.post-33447214126509574872009-04-27T14:43:00.000-04:002009-04-27T14:43:00.000-04:00Wanna start our own "kinda slow at catching on to ...Wanna start our own "kinda slow at catching on to things going on in the background" book club?<br />I'm really bad at this myself.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5185939177948824366.post-81177461717444858562009-04-24T10:43:00.000-04:002009-04-24T10:43:00.000-04:00Thanks for the info, Heather, I appreciate it. I w...Thanks for the info, Heather, I appreciate it. I would like to recognize symbolism more frequently in the books I read. I'm going to look into that book you recommended.<br /><br />Cheers!Olgahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13785280186173412131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5185939177948824366.post-31409930598123711672009-04-23T17:21:00.000-04:002009-04-23T17:21:00.000-04:00Sounds like you need to read The Reader again... i...Sounds like you need to read The Reader again... it's there for sure.<br /><br />That aside, I think you hit on a pretty interesting point. Perhaps many of the books that are being read by high school students weren't intended for young adults without a fully developed pre-frontal cortex; they were written by adults for adults. Young Adult literature is a relatively new genre, and English curriculums should include teaching students <I>how</I> to spot symbolism, because there are some pretty solid, easy tricks.<br /><br />I suggest the book <I>How to Read Literature Like a Professor</I> by Foster whenever this comes up (which is actually more often than you'd think). The book gives ten common symbols and tons of examples of how they've been used as such. It'll revolutionize your reading (without removing any of the entertainment).Literature Crazyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11745445935235997199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5185939177948824366.post-64119911898298603012009-04-23T13:32:00.000-04:002009-04-23T13:32:00.000-04:00@gautami: Hah! I do read comics, but I usually jus...@gautami: Hah! I <I>do</I> read comics, but I usually just stick to the plots. See my review of Seiichi Hayashi's <I>Red Colored Elegy</I> (http://punnery.blogspot.com/2009/04/book-review-red-colored-elegy-by.html)Olgahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13785280186173412131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5185939177948824366.post-41591628828241011012009-04-23T11:10:00.000-04:002009-04-23T11:10:00.000-04:00Read comics. Present, past anything. You will see ...Read comics. Present, past anything. You will see symbolism facing you squarely. And so does poetry.<br /><br /><A HREF="http://readingandmorereading.blogspot.com/2009/04/symbolism-in-writing.html" REL="nofollow">Symbolism in writing</A>gautami tripathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04192356825699543613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5185939177948824366.post-54155321083085669152009-04-23T10:48:00.000-04:002009-04-23T10:48:00.000-04:00Symbolism still eludes me. mineSymbolism still eludes me. <A HREF="http://tinyurl.com/c54lur" REL="nofollow"> mine</A>Brooke from The Bluestocking Guidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07832634751075478091noreply@blogger.com