Review Of How To Read Literature Like A Professor By Thomas C. Foster

The book, How To Read Literature Like a Professor by Thomas C. Foster, was written to help people of all ages better their understanding of works of literature by teaching them to relate multiple works of literature together, as well as being able to find common traits in literature ex. A meal isn’t normally just a meal. How To Read Literature Like a Professor is written in second person perspective, which means that the author is including you in the story, an example of this would be a dialogue between the author and yourself, or it says “you” a lot, ex. “You wake up and…”. After reading this novel the author, Thomas C. Foster, wants you to be a better overall reader and be able to identify certain parts in a book that are commonly found.

Tolkien, is about a hobbit (A small mythical creature with very large feet) who goes on an unexpected journey with Thorin Oakenshield, a wizard (Gandalf), and 12 dwarves (Fili, Kili, Balin, Dwalin, Oin, Gloin, Dori, Nori, Ori, Bifur, Bofur, and Bombur) excluding Thorin. This novel was written in third person limited, meaning that the narrator is telling the story only being able to see the thoughts of one character. Throughout the novel they are constantly being pressured and must push on no matter what. Bilbo Baggins (the hobbit) goes on this journey with Thorin Oakenshield to reclaim the lost kingdom of the dwarves, or the Kingdom Under the Mountain, the mountain itself is named the Lonely Mountain. The band of dwarves, Bilbo, and Gandalf travel there to reclaim their lost treasure because there is a whole spew of wealth guarded by a greedy dragon, Smaug. At one point, they get taken by spiders because one of them accidentally brushes against a spider web and they get ambushed by giant spiders, then the wood elves save them. Another example of a rising action would be when they get taken in, prisoners of the wood

In the book The Hobbit, this is shown during chapter one “The Unexpected Party” where Bilbo is first introduced to the band of thirteen dwarves. They all end up eating together and the all are really nice to each other. When they are done eating they start to put things away, but while singing a song that would suggest otherwise “Chip the glasses and crack the plates! Blunt the knives and bend the forks!...”. Meanwhile they were neatly putting things away, in a sort of organized chaos which shows their trust for each other, coordination, and respect over others property. Chapter one of How to Read Literature Like a Professor explains how “Every trip is a Quest(except when it’s not)”, and literally that is what it states. It, more specifically, states that the quester has a stated reason to go there, an actual reason to go there, and the challenges that follow. Throughout the story Bilbo’s reason that was really obvious(stated reason) was because he wanted to help the dwarves on their journey, the actual reason I believed that he want there was because he wanted to find his courage and be a stronger more independent hobbit. The company also faced many trials, for example, when they came to the Misty Mountains and camped out for the night. While camped, Bilbo was restless and saw a hole with