Chapter 1: Every Trip is a Journey (Except when it's not)
You all have read that typical story about a knight going to save the princess and obtain the Holy Grail- It's the main basis around most fairytales. However, what you may not realise, is that as we move in to more complex novels, this hardly changes. Take for instance, Harry Potter. Harry is the knight on the quest to save his princess (Ginny) and obtain the Holy Grail (which is saving the Wizard World) and throughout the way meets many challenges, wether it be literally facing a dragon, or battling a man with no nose. These challenges are also ever present in the whole knight storyline. However what we may not realise upon initial reading is that the Holy Grail is not the most important thing that the Knight obtains. In fact, in some stories the knight does not even obtain the Holy Grail (i.e Lord of the Rings). However, the true point of the journey is usually to teach the knight something about himself. This could be for instance, learning the effects of power (Animal Farm). Basically, a trip doesn't go for the reason that first becomes apparent. The author unfortunately makes you read the whole book to find the true reason for a journey. However, just to trip you up, sometimes the trip won't be to learn or grow. They may just make the trip to be placed in a new situation in which they then make another trip and learn.
" How to read literature like a professor for kids, Foster, Thomas C, Harper Collins, 2003"
" How to read literature like a professor for kids, Foster, Thomas C, Harper Collins, 2003"