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Every Trip Is A Quest (Except When It’s Not) Chapter 1

Every Trip Is A Quest (Except When It’s Not) Chapter 1. Rajiv Ajodha Period 4 9/28/11. Any Action is a Quest. Each action you take may lead you on a quest . A quest may have happened even though “…it just looked like a trip to store for some white bread”(Foster 2).

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Every Trip Is A Quest (Except When It’s Not) Chapter 1

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  1. Every Trip Is A Quest(Except When It’s Not)Chapter 1 Rajiv Ajodha Period 4 9/28/11

  2. Any Action is a Quest. • Each action you take may lead you on a quest. • A quest may have happened even though “…it just looked like a trip to store for some white bread”(Foster 2). • Smaller actions can lead to much bigger quests.

  3. The 5 parts of a Quest • A quest needs a quester or, “…a person that goes on a quest”(Foster 3). • A quest needs to have a destination, or place to go. • A quest needs to have a, “stated reason to go there” (Foster 3). • A quest needs to have challenges and trials over its duration. • Finally, a quest requires a real reason to go to the destination.

  4. Always and Never • Literature cannot be categorized into separate categories. • There will always be exceptions to any literary rule because “some wise guy will come along and write something to prove that it’s not” (Foster 6).

  5. The Reasoning Behind Quests • Quests always have an underlying reasoning that, “never involves the stated reason”(Foster 3). • A quester will normally fail they first task. • The quester continues on because they don’t know their real purpose.

  6. The Real Purpose • Characters are always sent on quests because, “The real reason for a quest is always self-knowledge” (Foster 3). • Questers are usually quite young because they have a quest for self-knowledge. • If questers aren’t young, they are usually immature, or sheltered.

  7. Is Everything a Quest? • Unfortunately, not everything can be a quest. • Literature sometimes requires that, “ a writer get a character from home to work and back again” (Foster 6). • However, you should always be on the lookout for quests when a character takes a journey.

  8. How This Relates to Great Expectations • When Pip first gets invited to the Satis house, he believes it will be a normal occasion. • He is under the impression that he was only “…going to play at Miss Havisham’s…”(Dickens 92). • This is where he will ultimately start his quest to be a gentleman and have extreme wealth.

  9. How This Applies to Everyday Life • This chapter greatly applies to everyday life. • Most things we do will be quests, since most tasks require us to make decisions and we’ll learn about ourselves in the process. • However, every day there are some tasks that are just routine.

  10. Works Cited • Dickens, Charles. Great Expectations. New York:Bantam Dell, 1986. Print. • Foster, Thomas C. How to read Literature like a professor. New York: Harper- Collins Publishers, Inc., 2003. Print.

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