+683 Because of high school english, you can't read a book without wondering "what does that symbolize?" every other sentence. Damn english teachers for turning books into puzzles, amirite?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I bet half the time they mean nothing. Like the author probably just winged that one sentence but our teacher will turn that sentence into a whole lesson.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Do not even get me started about "Animal Farm"

by Anonymous 13 years ago

It'll pass. Eventually you'll forget about what you learned in high school, and stop overanalyzing books.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I don't do that...

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I usually don't do that. I think we tend to over-analyze too many books, sometimes the snow simply means it is winter, not 1,000 other things!

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I don't do that at all, but I mean...it's nice to have some kind of meaning in the book that you read. I'm sure that not EVERY author puts a specific hidden message into every word of the book--but there's still an overall theme, lesson, or meaning that's somewhere in there, and when you take time to think about it and reflect...I dunno. It can really open your eyes, or really change your life somehow.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I just tell 'em what they want to hear, like if they asked me what a person jumping off a cliff symbolizes I will say some bs like "his soul is too contaminated to live in society" or something.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

This is so true; everytime they give a color in a book, I automatically relate it to what I learned in A.P. English. If the teacher asks you a question you don't know the answer to, the best bet is jesus, yellow, or whited sepulcher. At least in my class...

by Anonymous 13 years ago