How To Read Literature Like A Professor Essay

“How To Read Literature Like A Professor” written by Thomas C. Foster is a well written guide book to breaking down any story and looking at the reasoning behind the author's ways- “Star Wars Episode: IV” directed by George Lucas is a two hour, action packed film of about a young orphan teen, Luke Skywalker, and his quest to master the force, find princess leia and defeat Lord Vader. Many scenes of “Star Wars Episode: IV” can be broken down using Foster’s ideas in “How To Read Literature Like A Professor” using chapters such as; “Never Stand Next To The Hero” “Every Trip Is A Quest” & “Nice To Eat You: Acts of Vampires.”
To begin, “Star Wars Episode: IV” is an award winning, action packed movie. About the main protagonist of the story, a …show more content…
They strike fear into most of the galaxy with their wrong doings using the Force and with their planet destroying spacecraft. After Luke, Han, Chewie, CP30 and R2D2 save princess leia from the Death Star they then fight their way out barely making it. This is when Darth Vader kills Obi Wan Kenobi in a saber fight. They then fly to a rebel command center to form a plan with the information Princess Leia stole. Though the plan is deemed impossible Luke states that its nothing to him even though he's never flown a fighter ship. You may be asking, “ Who is Foster?” or “What is How To Read Literature Like A Professor?” Well,” Thomas C. Foster is a professor of English at the University of Michigan-Flint, Where he teaches contemporary fiction, drama, and poetry as well as creative writing and composition. He is the author of Twenty-five Books That Shaped America and several books on twentieth-century British and Irish fiction and poetry.” “How To Read Literature Like A Professor” is a guidebook to understanding how authors write. It also gives you a great explanation of why authors write what they write. By that prior statement I mean that he goes through many types of writings by

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