Chapter 1: a) a quester, b) a place to go, c) a stated reason to go there, d) challenges and trials en route, and e) a real reason to go there. • Our quester: a young
Essay Topic 1: The Hobbit does use and fit the archetypal pattern of a quest adventure. The first part of the pattern being the call of adventure. Which is where the hero usually finds a helper at this stage. The Hobbit fits into this first part of the pattern by the time of the first chapter, “An Unexpected Party.”
In the first chapter of How to Read Literature Like a Professor by Thomas C. Foster, the list the five aspects that a quest contains. The first thing you need for a quest is to have a quester. Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich seemed to be the perfect book to talk about and the quest she goes on. Ehrenreich writes about her journey through three different cities and how to live there while working minimum wage jobs. Through this book we learn that our quester is courageous and determined to succeed in the different cities.
A key concept is that a story must contain five simple things to have a hidden quest. The five qualities included are a quester, a place to go, a stated reason to go there, challenges and trials en route, and the real reason to go there (Foster, 2). Foster explains that if a storyline meets these requirements it has an underlying quest. The tale of Little Red Riding Hood has all of these concepts. Little Red is the quester who travels through a dark forest to visit her elderly grandmother.
The real reason to go on the quest is never known by the character but is known by the reader. The five aspects of a quest are in most pieces of literature. Life of Pi is a novel that includes a quest with all five aspects. The first aspect of a quest is the quester, this would be Pi. Pi was
In the story “A Worn Path” the author Eudora Welty uses many symbolism that advances the development of the story by going into detail about the harsh conditions she has to travel thru just to get the medicine that her ill grandson needs. While traveling to the medical clinic in Mississippi she encounters unusual situations that “demonstrate great courage and determination when she overcomes every obstacle in her way” (May), even facing a hunter who points a gun at her. When reaching the clinic she was disrespected by the staff and was treated as a “charity case”, but she withstands the humiliation to get her grandson the medication. When heading out on a cold December day she has to walk for about half a day. She demonstrates her fear of the wild animals delaying her travels by talking with them and asking them to keep the wild animals out of her path.
In everyday life when some of the same things happen to you all the time you begin to think that this “thing: has importance to you and your life. In the story the mentioning of “A Path” comes up multiple times on a page. As you read you begin to think if something will happen regarding this path. An example of this is that on page 3 this idea of following the path come up twice. “That is the path laid by Time Safari for your use.”
The five aspects to quest are a quester, a place to go, a stated reason to go, challenges and trials, and the real reason to go. When thinking of a quester, I immediately thought of Ash from Pokemon. Ash goes on a journey with his Pokemon (quester) to try to become the best battler of all time (stated
The first component of a liminoid pilgrimage is the separation from the society or group that the pilgrim is a part of. For the characters in Into The Woods, this society is the kingdom they live in. The first act opens up to three scenes on one stage: Cinderella in her stepmother’s house, Jack and his mother trying to milk their cow, and The Baker and The Baker’s Wife in their bakery. For simplicity’s sake, this analysis will follow just The Baker and The Baker’s Wife’s journey into the woods. The first act follows them and their wish for a child.
The Hobbit Literary Analysis Would you be able to step out of your comfort zone for the sake of adventure and a promise of treasure? This was the predicament Bilbo Baggins is unexpectedly presented with one sunny afternoon. Thirteen dwarves appear at his door and put forward their offer. Bilbo is a little apprehensive at first but soon comes to the realization that in his ordinary life of a Hobbit in the Shire he will never get another opportunity like this again. When reading The Hobbit, being able to step out of your comfort zone is a major key.
Tolkien’s highly intricate imagery of malignance makes apparent the uncertainty encircling the company and sets the frightful mood over which Bilbo’s courage must prevail. His ominous description of Mirkwood Forest explains the hesitation in the company to pass onto the realm where “The entrance to the path was like a sort of arch leading into a gloomy tunnel”(153). The imagery evoked by “Trees … too old and strangled with ivy… to bear more than a few blackened leaves” (153) places the reader in the foreboding atmosphere in which the company is presently ensnarled, and effectively forewarns of sorcery, monsters and misery at play. Days into the forest, constant hunger gnaws at the company, leading them to disperse round and round in an entranced dream-like state. Then, somewhere in the pitch-dark night, Bilbo strikes dead a most nefarious enemy.
However, is father is unsupportive and wishes that Biff would follow in his father’s footsteps, rather than making his own path. Similar to the idea of making choices on what path to take for the future, is a poem called The Road Not Taken. This poem perfectly depicts imagery on how one chooses a path to take. One can either choose the worn down path, the path which majority will take, or they can
“Every Trip Is a Quest (Except When It’s Not)”, chapter one of the novel How to Read Literature Like a Professor by Thomas C. Foster, discusses the presence of quests and their importance in literature. Foster uses both hypothetical examples as well as examples from literature to provide cases in which quests are present and significant. Kip, a hypothetical example of daily life, is a normal high school student that is out to buy some Wonder Bread for his mother. He is confronted by a rich kid driving a nice car accompanied by Kip’s crush. Although this may seem like an extremely ordinary scene in high school, Kip’s adventure out to the grocery store is a quest of a sorts; the stroll out to the store fulfills all of the requirements of a quest.
In The Journey, the speaker, while trying to be free, is getting held back by the people around him, urging him to stay and help them. The speaker is also trying to get past the physical obstacles he encounters on his journey. The use of detail, dialogue, and setting can be seen clearly in these two passages. Therefore, the authors use detail, dialogue, and setting to convey that people embark upon quests to achieve specific goals, and they learn that they shouldn’t let obstacles interfere with their goals.
In “The Road Not Taken” a traveler goes to the woods to find himself and make a decision based on self-reliance. The setting of the poem relays this overall message. Providing the mood of the poem, the setting of nature brings a tense feeling to “The Road Not Taken”. With yellow woods in the midst of the forest, the setting “combines a sense of wonder at the beauty of the natural world with a sense of frustration as the individual tries to find a place for himself within nature’s complexity” (“The Road Not Taken”). The setting is further evidence signifying the tense and meditative mood of the poem as well as in making choices.
