Every Trip Is A Quest Summary

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Chapter 1 - "Every Trip Is a Quest (Except When It's Not)" Summary · A quest includes five things: a quester, place to go, stated reason to go there, challenges and trials on the way, and a real reason to go there · The real reason for any quest is self-knoledge · As a quest goes on, the stated reason to go on the trip will slowly disappear until you forget about it completely to focus in on the new, real reason the questor is on this trip · Stay away from the words "always" and "never" when composing a literary study · Sometimes going somewhere can just be to get a character from point A to point B · One should always be on the lookout to see if a trip involves any makings of a quest Connection: In Sue Mont Kidd's Secret Life of Bees, Lily the main…show more content…
The same idea from Foster's work is prevalent in Evanovich's books also, as the dinner usually holds more signifigance than just eating. typically scandals are revealed, gossip is spread around, and character's actions reveal their relationships among one another Chapter 3 - "Nice to Eat You: Acts of Vampires" Summary · Vampires and ghosts don't have to be monsters. They can be represented by actual people (humans) or can symbolize a number of different things like in Henry James's "The Turn of the Screw" (1898), in which a ghost could be an acutal ghost or it could just be a figment of the imagination which makes the governess feel like she needs to protect two children. · Vampires, whether the moster or the social being, are attractive people who suck the life right out of others insides (blood or happiness) · The reason vampires hurt other people is because they care about their wants over all other things. · As long as there are selfish people out there, material for vampire stories will always exist Chapter 4 - "If It's Square, It's a
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