+833 "This paragraph symbolizes the protagonist's desire to move on with his life, and his deep-seated fear that he will never be accepted for who he truly is." Umm, actually, I think he's just riding his bike to school... amirite?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Damn you Thomas C. Foster! (author of How to Read Literature Like a Professor)

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I want to be an author when I grow up, so I apologize in advance to any students who are forced to find symbolism in my books...even when I didn't indend it. Also: My teacher is exactly like this.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Im a short story author, my friend is an English teacher. He regually bullshits about these 'symbols' to his class, and it amuses me! I went to a book fair and they where interviewing authors. An English teacher stood up and went on a rant about the symbols and stuff, and the author nodded and listened, then said 'well, you can believe that, but it was not and never will be intentional.'

by Anonymous 13 years ago

In macbeth he compares himself to a withered lear and my tutor spent twenty minutes on all the possible meanings

by Anonymous 13 years ago

*leaf

by Anonymous 13 years ago

This happens all the time in my English class and it's so F'ing annoying, I want to write a book and make a note how there was not meant to be any symbols or anything

by Anonymous 13 years ago

its cause life can be pretty symbolic sometimes so when you write about life...

by Anonymous 13 years ago

HAHAHA!

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I thought this was from I am the Cheese...

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Oh my god oh my god my LIFE

by Anonymous 13 years ago