How To Read Like A Professor Analysis

Thomas C. Foster’s novel How to Read Like a Professor teaches readers how to deeply analyze literary works to be able to understand deeper meanings in the work, and to be able to predict what will happen later on in the literary work. The Disney film Atlantis: The Lost Empire contains many of the aspects Foster goes over in this first ten chapters, which mostly include quests, referencing well-known literature, weather patterns, and the gathering for meals.
According to Foster, a journey is never just a journey. It is a quest to discovering some sort of Holy Grail, whether it be an object, an idea, or self-discovery. In the case of Atlantis, it is the discovering of a magical place. The main character, Milo’s grandfather dies after years of searching for the lost city of Atlantis, leaving his grandson to be the chosen one to carry on his work. This feat is no easy task, when Milo began his journey, he had a crew of two-hundred men, but by the time they reached the treasure, there were less than twenty men. Despite this, Milo was never majorly harmed. Foster would believe this is due to authors only harming secondary characters to add

This could be because authors nearly always reference works that are important to them Atlantis is full of these. The Atlantis native Kida tells Milo the story of how Atlantis sank into the water, she claimed the Gods were jealous of the prosperous land and banished them to life under the sea. This sounds as though it could easily be a story from Greek Mythology, Gods becoming angry at mortals and casting them out of sight. The Bible is also referenced in this film often. When Kida is describing the destruction of her city, she tells of a great flood, which could easily be referring to The Great Flood God created in Genesis. Milo then claims that his guide book states that the entrance to Atlantis is guarded by a Leviathan, which is described in the Bible as an evil sea creature.