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TIP: Take notes as you read, engaging with the reading.
TIP: Take notes as you read, engaging with the reading.
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Common Books & Texts
Common Books & Texts
Analyzing Text
Analyzing Text
Quotes
Quotes
To find a good quote, there are a couple things you can do.
To find a good quote, there are a couple things you can do.
Reread the chapter. Oftentimes we miss certain things the first time we read them, by rereading the text, not only do we find them, but we can also offer a new interpretation of the quote.
Acknowledge that good quotes don't always come from the main character. Minor characters can say something relevant or have a good point that can be as strong as a quote from the main character.
Develop new interpretations of popular quotes. What often happens is that a popular quote is repeatedly analyzed the same way. If you offer a new insight or a refreshing point of view, you will create a good quote with an analysis that is different from your peers.
Remember that good quotes don't have to be one long sentence. They tend to be really short phrases or even one particular word. As a bonus, it shows that you don't need to rely on lots of evidence to prove your point.
TIP: Skip the popular & overused quotes to be unique.
TIP: Skip the popular & overused quotes to be unique.
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List of Common Themes
List of Common Themes
A literary theme is the main idea or underlying meaning a writer explores in a novel, short story, or other literary work.
A literary theme is the main idea or underlying meaning a writer explores in a novel, short story, or other literary work.
TIP: Some texts have more than one theme.
TIP: Some texts have more than one theme.
Beauty of simplicity
Capitalism - effect on the individual
Change of power - necessity
Change versus tradition
Chaos and order
Character - destruction, building up
Circle of life
Coming of age
Communication - verbal and nonverbal
Companionship as salvation
Convention and rebellion
Dangers of ignorance
Darkness and light
Death - inevitable or tragedy
Desire to escape
Destruction of beauty
Disillusionment and dreams
Displacement
Empowerment
Emptiness of attaining false dream
Everlasting love
Evils of racism
Facing darkness
Facing reality
Fading beauty
Faith versus doubt
Family - blessing or curse
Fate and free will
Fear of failure
Female roles
Fulfillment
Good versus bad
Greed as downfall
Growing up - pain or pleasure
Hazards of passing judgment
Heartbreak of betrayal
Heroism - real and perceived
Hierarchy in nature
Identity crisis
Illusion of power
Immortality
Individual versus society
Inner versus outer strength
Injustice
Isolation
Isolationism - hazards
Knowledge versus ignorance
Loneliness as destructive force
Losing hope
Loss of innocence
Lost honor
Lost love
Love and sacrifice
Man against nature
Manipulation
Materialism as downfall
Motherhood
Names - power and significance
Nationalism - complications
Nature as beauty
Necessity of work
Oppression of women
Optimism - power or folly
Overcoming - fear, weakness, vice
Patriotism - positive side or complications
Power and corruption
Power of silence
Power of tradition
Power of wealth
Power of words
Pride and downfall
Progress - real or illusion
Quest for discovery
Quest for power
Rebirth
Reunion
Role of men
Role of Religion - virtue or hypocrisy
Role of women
Self - inner and outer
Self-awareness
Self-preservation
Self-reliance
Social mobility
Technology in society - good or bad
Temporary nature of physical beauty
Temptation and destruction
Totalitarianism
Vanity as downfall
Vulnerability of the meek
Vulnerability of the strong
War - glory, necessity, pain, tragedy
Will to survive
Wisdom of experience
Working class struggles
Youth and beauty
Colors reveal emotions and feelings, set a tone of the situation, show the mood of a character, and help the audience visualize complex issues.
Fire can have both positive and negative meanings. Fire can evoke feelings of anger and fear in the reader, create associations with death or destruction, or make an allusion to phoenix and the issue of rebirth and renewal.
Nature tends to symbolize life but can also represent peace, strength, or freedom. It can be a reflection of a character's inner state of mind or a threat to a character.
Death is usually represented as the color black, skulls, and ravens. However there are less common symbols like clocks, and vultures which can signify negative emotions and feelings or warnings.
Home & House both have one thing in common, that they represent a person's inner self. A home is associated with nostalgia, family, or childhood. A house, in turn, is related to material matters, such as protection and social interactions.
Weapons not only can protect, but they can also hurt. They can symbolize power, violence, and vengeance.
Accessories & Clothes express a character's personality or culture. They can also symbolize oppression by society, or they can be used by a character to appear as someone they aren't.
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