Foster, How to Read Literature... (Interlude, 21, 22)

"Now, go figure out Harry Potter's scar."
~page 200

I decided to take the challenge.

http://blogs.setonhill.edu/JenniferPrex/2009/10/the_scar.html

http://blogs.setonhill.edu/HeatherMourick/2009/10/dude_whats_mine_say_sweet_what.html

Everyone has scars.

"Blind as he is, he walks toward that death without assistance, as if guided by an unseen power." (Foster) p.206

http://blogs.setonhill.edu/JeremyBarrick/2009/10/el_266_foster_ch_interlude_212.html

"The Indiana Jones principle: if you want your audience to know something important about your character (or the work at large), introduce it early, before you need it." (pg: 205)

"Beyond these cautionary elements, though, the real monster is Victor, the monster's maker" (200).

http://blogs.setonhill.edu/KaylaLesko/2009/10/your_scar_is_showing.html

The Shapes of a Character

"Perhaps sometimes a scar is simply a scar, a short leg or a hunchback merely that."

http://blogs.setonhill.edu/JamieGrace/2009/10/meaningful_or_not.html

"Don't bother looking for the originals, though. You can't find the archetype, just as you can't find the pure myths." (Foster 191)

http://blogs.setonhill.edu/MeaganGemperlein/2009/10/in_search_of_an_original.html

So, at this point, if it isn't Shakespeare or the Bible, it's Sophocles

"One story. Everywhere. Always."

"If you want your audience to know something important about your character (or the work at large), introduce it early, before you need it." (Foster 205)

http://blogs.setonhill.edu/JeredJohnston/2009/10/tools_of_the_trade.html