How to Read Literature Like a Professor by Thomas C.Foster

Author:Thomas C.Foster
Language: eng
Format: mobi
ISBN: 9780061804069
Publisher: Harper Collins
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

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If She Comes Up, It’s Baptism

QUICK QUESTION: I’m walking down the road and suddenly I fall into a pond. What happens?

You drown?

Thanks for the vote of confidence.

Or you don’t?

That pretty much covers it. Now what does it mean?

Does it really mean anything either way? I mean, if you drown, you drown. If you get out, maybe all it means is you can swim.

Fair enough. For a character in a novel, though, the case is different. What does it mean if he drowns, or if he doesn’t? Have you ever noticed how often literary characters get wet? Some drown, some merely get drenched, and some bob to the surface. What difference does it make?

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