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Exactly what does it mean when a fictional hero takes a journey? Shares meals? Turns into drenched in a sudden rain shower? Often, there is much more going on in a novel or poem than is immediately visible on the top - a symbol, maybe, that remains elusive, or an unexpected twist on a persona - and there's that sneaking suspicion that the deeper so this means of an literary text retains escaping you. In this sensible and amusing guide to literature, Thomas C. Foster shows how easy and gratifying it is to uncover those covered truths, and to locate a world in which a road contributes to a pursuit; a shared food may symbolize a communion; and rain, whether cleaning or damaging, is never just rain. Ranging from major themes or templates to literary models, narrative devices, and form, How to Read Literature Such as a Teacher is the perfect friend to make your reading experience more enriching, satisfying, and fun.