Chapter 11 taught me that there is another thing that is deeper in literature besides communion, and that thing is violence. I also learned that accidents aren’t just accidents. “They’re accidents only on the side of the novel—on the outside they’re planned, plotted, and executed by somebody, with malice aforethought.”
Chapter 12 is about symbolism and how we interpret them. I was a bit surprised when he said, “So some symbols do have a relatively limited range of meanings, but in general a symbol can’t be reduced to standing for only one thing,” because when someone ask me, “what does this thing symbolize” it sounds like there’s only one answer. But in this case, there’s more than one answer and that depends on how you interpret the meaning. Chapter 12 taught me the tools on how to figure out the meaning of the symbol and those tools are: questions, experience, and pre-existing knowledge. I’m guessing the moral for this chapter is to always go with your guts.
Chapter 13 kind of reeled me in because it talks about how a Chris figure represent sacrifice, hope and redemption. If you’re a religious person, you have to try not to think about your beliefs in order to figure out what the writer is talking about. It’s like saying “Don’t bring your work with you.” Since I am a catholic, every time I hear someone saying they don’t believe in god, I always get angry. I have no idea why I do that.
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