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WIL WHEATON dot TUMBLR: Famous Novelists on Symbolism in Their Work and Whether It Was Intentional 

fishingboatproceeds:

justmargaret:

mentalflossr:

It was 1963, and 16-year-old Bruce McAllister was sick of symbol-hunting in English class. Rather than quarrel with his teacher, he went straight to the source: McAllister mailed a crude, four-question survey to 150…

I was consistently unable to find symbolism in the books, which caused harm to my grades. It was incredibly frustrating because I always read the books, there was no slacking on my end, but the teachers thought otherwise *because* of my inability to find the symbolism.




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    Man, screw authorial intent. Historical and cultural context is way more important
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    Thank you. I absolutely agree. I also agree that Brave New and All Quiet were great. Loved All Quiet.
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