How To Read Literature Like A Professor: Chapters 1-5

Chapter 1:

1. A Quester
2. A Place To Go
3. A Stated Reason To Go There
4. Challenges And Trials
5. A Real Reason To Go There

Shrek: (The First Movie)
Shrek is the quester. He is on a quest to get his swamp back, and to be ridded of the fairy tale creatures that were dumped on his land. he has to face several trials in the process. he has to deal with an annoying donkey, as well as fight with the King's men. Then, he has to go on another quest for the King, so that the King will remove the fairy tale creatures. While on the King's quest, Shrek must fight a dragon, and deal with an overbearing princess. The real reason for him to be sent on his quest to free his swamp and to rescue the princess, so that he could get the swamp back is so that he can realize that it is ok to let people in and to let people love you, as well as to love other people. Shrek also learns that no matter how ugly you may appear on the outside, somebody will love you if you let them.

Chapter 2:

In The Lame Shall Enter First at the very beginning of the story the father and son are having breakfast. The father is utterly repulsed by his son, as he feels that he is entitled, and does not deserve anything that he has. He wishes that his son was smarter, and that he would try to make his life mean something. Yet, after arguing with his son he makes his son sick, and the little boy pukes everywhere in the kitchen. As a result, the sharing of a sacred meal between a father and son is ruined, and this allows the reader to realize that something bad will occur later in the story.

Chapter 3:

There is literal vampirism, sexual vampirism, and symbolic vampirism. In Buffy The Vampire Slayer the main character Buffy, the slayer, and Angel, the vampire, have a forbidden love interest. In one scene the two literally make forbidden love to each other. He robs Buffy of her innocence, and left his mark on her.

Chapter 5:

Intertexuality is simply being able to relate literary works to one another.

Examples:
The Titanic love story can relate to Romeo and Juliet.
The Perks of Being A Wallflower relates to Looking For Alaska.
A Walk To Remember can relate to The Notebook.