What is the real reason for including a quest in a piece of literature? What did you think? What made sense? Can you think of any quests in other pieces you've read?
A quest helps make a story a story. It gives the reader a better sense of the characters and helps the main character figure something out about themselves. I think that including a quest in a story is a good idea because it keeps things interesting and helps carry the reader along for the journey. There is a quest in the Harry Potter books. In the last 2 books they are searching for horcruxs which contain bits and pieces of voldemorts soul.
the reason there is a quest in literature is that it shows a journey that the character goes through. It shows the characters growth through out the quest.
To tell the journey of a character. I think it is a good part of the story because it tells how they got to where they are now. It made since to me because it contained all the typical archetypes and had all the characteristics that made it a "quest". There is a quest in almost every book or movie. Some examples are Shreck and Little Red Riding Hood.
I think that the real reason for including a quest in a piece of literature is because the character is having to find self knowledge. I agree for the most part with chapter 1. It makes since to me that most characters go on quest and end up finding out stuff about themselves that they didn't know. -Elisabeth
I believe that the main reason for including a quest in a piece of literature is usually to help the main character change and learn more about them self through the challenges that they face during the journey.
According to the book, the real reason for including a quest in a piece of literature is self knowledge. I think that almost every story no matter if it is a romance or a murder mystery, the main character is on a mission to find the killer or her long lost lover. I think all of chapter one made sense. i like the way the author made up a little story to explain what he was talking about, that made it so much easier for me to understand. In the book, It's Kind Of A Funny Story, the young teen goes on a quest for his own self knowledge. A quest to find himself, figure out his emotions, and to grow into the man he will become.
The reason for including a quest in a piece of literature is to help the character find out who they really are and where they belong. The character must undergo a change to find this out which is where the quest comes in.
The real reason for a quest is always self-knowledge. The chapter made sense to me because after i read it because i started thinking of quests in books that i have read previously and even in movies. I thought of Shrek. When he goes on his trip to save Fiona for the King, he actually ends up learning about himself, which is the "real reason for going".
I think the real reason for including a quest in literature is to give the characters a goal to reach. Once the character or characters reach that goal it shows them what they're really made of. In Toy Story all the toys are trying to get back to Andy's house and they succeed but only after many obstacles and dangerous situations.
Including a quest gives the story a true meaning. Most stories are interesting because a certain character or characters goes through a series of events that makes the character go through a difficult path and when there is a certain goal that needs to be reached. I think having a quest really captures the readers and keeps them interested. It actually makes more sense and makes the story more clear. In Huck Finn, Huck wants to get away from his father and be on his own and goes in many different adventures.
The reason you put a quest in a story. If you didnt have that quest the story would have no momentum. quests give the character a distention and trials to go on to make a story interesting and good experience points. :P
what made sense umm... these arnt the droids your looking for
well i love hardcore fantasy so the stories i read are all epic quests
Literature uses quests to make the piece more interesting. A reader will get more hooked on the story or poem if there is an adventure or quest they have to follow. Also a quest can face many challenges that changes the characters views or personality. Some quests I can think of would be Adventures of Huck Finn, Cinderella, and of course Shrek.
A quest is an adventure, a character needs to go on a journey to try and learn stuff. I enjoyed the chapter it was told in a way that I could understand. The little example story was helpful, it gave you a picture of what he is talking about. A story I have read with a quest was Huck Finn.
I think that the real reason for having a quest in a story is to have a purpose for a story other wise the story would not be enjoyable and the reader would get bored.The quest is what makes a piece of literature. It makes sense to me that a character has to go on a journey or quest, it shows the growth of that character. In the book i am currently reading "such a pretty girl" the main character goes through a change of dealing with a family issue that is following her through life which is her quest.
I believe that the real reason that a quest should be included in a story is because it shows how people can grow and change as they fulfill their journey. Their journey helps them find themselves, and discover who they really are. I believe all of chapter one made since. I think that quests keep the reader interested, and makes them want to find out how they finished. You can find quests in just about any story, including books ranging from children's books to teen and adult books.
A quest helps people find themselves and it gives the reader the ability to see how the character grows as a person. Other quests I can think about are Harry potter, Little Red Riding Hood, and Shreck.
"The real reason for including a quest in a piece of literature is always self-knowledge." I agree with what the author's saying. Most people who go on quests in their lives set out on them to learn some great truth about themselves. When the author writes out the list of the components of a quest. The list contains: A quester, a place to go, a stated reason to go there, challenges and trials, and the real reason to go. You could take all of those components and apply them to any story. Like the book: Secret Life of Bees. The quester is a young white girl named Lily runs away from home to escape her father with a black servant girl. The place to go is a house where Lily's dead mom lived for a while. The black family takes them both in and they live with them for a while. The reason to go there would be Lily escaping her father. The challenges include Lily coping with the loss of her mother. The real reason for her to go would be to learn about her mother and her life before she was born.
The reason for including quests in literature is for self knowledge. I like how the author made a random story and showed how it was a quest even though it was a stretch. I'm sure that something made sense but i read it Friday so idk what made sense. Harry Potter is definitely a quest so yeah.
I think the point in having a "quest" is to give the character time or a goal that will change the character for better or worse. Ultimately giving the character some sort of self-knowledge. Most characters have an initial quest but gain self-knowledge and the quest changes half way through, it ends up being what the quest should of have originally started out to be in the first place. I define a quest a being something that will change you.
The real reason for including a quest in a piece of literature is that it is a highly entertaining and inventive way of telling a story. It serves as a way to drive the plot of the story and create the theme or moral that the character learns. That is why often the character who sets out on the quest is an innocent, inexperienced youth. The character learns something about themselves and rises mature and experienced. I agree with this. I believe that the archetype of a quest is of great importance in the art of creating a story. It is an easy way to write in a theme to the story because it is the lesson the character learns. It is also of great interest to the reader because we continue to read so that we are able to see if the character makes it through the ordeal. For this reason, the quest is used throughout the writers community. It can be seen it such stories as the classic Odyssey, the fantasy Wizard of Oz, the modern Lord of the Rings, and the literary Catcher in the Rye.
I believe the real reason for a "quest" in literature is like the book said, to gain self knowledge. As I've gotten a little older I've realized a lot by going through bumps in the road. These trails not only make you a stronger person in the end, but also make you realize who you are or who you are set our to be. Its much of the same idea in literature or a novel. The characters go on the quest to become a much bigger, stronger, and more mature person. An example would be The Lion King and Simba's journey to regain the pride land.
The author states "The real reason for a quest is always self-knowledge." The purpose of the quest is to show how the character develops and becomes more self-aware as the story progresses. Of course, not every quester knows they are on a quest until they've reached the end. Also, not every quest is blatant, as the use of the author's first example (the boy off to buy bread) points out. This example made perfect sense to be, and I agree wholeheartedly with the point the author is making. Popular books contain obvious quests, such as the Harry Potter series and The Lord of the Rings, where the whole plot revolves around the quest.
As the book says the reason for going on a "quest" is to gain self-knowledge. I happen to agree with this statement, just as well as everyone else. It makes sense to me, when you go on a "quest" you learn more and more. It makes you more experienced with life in general and therefore a different person with different outlooks on life. An example would be the Wizard of Oz, where Dorothy is on a journey to get back to Kansas and she learns things about others and herself. She comes back wiser.
The quest is what makes the story, well that and the quester. Quests are the entertaining part of a story, but what the quester goes through during the quest and what they over come changes that quester in the long run. That is what gives a story real value. How you relate to a quester and their quest can ultimately change you as a person as you learn from their mistakes.
In a story, the quest is what makes the character go through a change. Without this, the author has failed to do his purpose of making an interesting story. Whether the quest be to drop a ring in molten lava at the top of a mountain, or whether it be to figure out a mystery or escape some horror. These quests can either make the story incredibly enjoyable or make the story seem cheap and worthless. Many stories include a dual quest or "side quests". Like in Lord of the rings, the author J.R. Tolkien shows one side of the quest, Aragorn trying to take back his kingdom, and on the other side he shows Frodo and all his struggles and rights of passage to return the ring to the lava.
In literature, the quest is used so that the character in the story can learn about their self through experiences that they run into. Like in Nemo, when Nemo is lost his father goes on a quest to get him back. Along the way he learns about him self and Nemo.
I think the quest's purpose is to help the character find his/her purpose in life. For example, in Eragon the main character is sent to hunt for deer, while on his hunt he finds a beautiful "stone" and brings it back to hopefully sell it when the merchants come to town. Before the merchants come to town the "stone" hatches and a baby dragon pops out. He becomes a dragon rider, which is very rare. This would not have happened if he had not gone on the quest.
Without quest, books wouldn't exist. Nor would movies. It's a highly true fact that you will near never read of something happening in a book that's pointless. When telling a story, how often do you include little details that are irrelevant to the moral, the main point, the punch line? I may be telling a story about a crazy time I once had driving but I'm not going to include the beautiful Corvette stingray placed here on this earth by God and the brilliant people who designed it in 1969 that I saw a quarter of a mile back because it's lustrous red screamed my name. No, I'm going to stick with my story of road rage. I think the author is correct in saying a quest is about self exploration. A quest starts with a realization, a call to duty, destiny, whatever you call it. Something happens, something out of the ordinary, that can be as small as tripping and landing on a dollar bill with an address that says, "Destiny has chosen you. Take this dollar bill and come to this address," on a particularly dull day. Quest lead to self knowledge. Self knowledge, is a very good thing. A few quest I can think of by letting my eyes roam the bookshelf to my left would be Clary's realization she's a shadowhunter in the Mortal Instruments Series by Cassandra Clare, Elizabeth's realization that to be a Queen is an awful big thing, a young boy's realization that you don't always get the girl of your dreams, Gemma's realization that her mother left her a legacy in Libba Bray's Gemma Doyle Trilogy. Point is, the people we read about always learn something. I'm 17, think constantly, over analyze, psycho analyze (thank you, mother, for letting 8 year old me read you your psychology books when you were too tired to read them, everything has made far more sense since I found that out), and still know I know nothing. In that, destiny, God, I await my invitation to Hogwarts, an old wise man telling me I'm the chosen one, the invention of light sabers, teleportation, or the zombie apocalypse. I should add, please wait to let the zombie apocalypse happen until I've read the Survivor's Manual, thanks.
A quest helps make a story a story. It gives the reader a better sense of the characters and helps the main character figure something out about themselves. I think that including a quest in a story is a good idea because it keeps things interesting and helps carry the reader along for the journey. There is a quest in the Harry Potter books. In the last 2 books they are searching for horcruxs which contain bits and pieces of voldemorts soul.
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the reason there is a quest in literature is that it shows a journey that the character goes through. It shows the characters growth through out the quest.
ReplyDeleteTo tell the journey of a character. I think it is a good part of the story because it tells how they got to where they are now. It made since to me because it contained all the typical archetypes and had all the characteristics that made it a "quest". There is a quest in almost every book or movie. Some examples are Shreck and Little Red Riding Hood.
ReplyDeleteI think that the real reason for including a quest in a piece of literature is because the character is having to find self knowledge. I agree for the most part with chapter 1. It makes since to me that most characters go on quest and end up finding out stuff about themselves that they didn't know.
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I believe that the main reason for including a quest in a piece of literature is usually to help the main character change and learn more about them self through the challenges that they face during the journey.
ReplyDeleteAccording to the book, the real reason for including a quest in a piece of literature is self knowledge. I think that almost every story no matter if it is a romance or a murder mystery, the main character is on a mission to find the killer or her long lost lover. I think all of chapter one made sense. i like the way the author made up a little story to explain what he was talking about, that made it so much easier for me to understand. In the book, It's Kind Of A Funny Story, the young teen goes on a quest for his own self knowledge. A quest to find himself, figure out his emotions, and to grow into the man he will become.
ReplyDeleteThe reason for including a quest in a piece of literature is to help the character find out who they really are and where they belong. The character must undergo a change to find this out which is where the quest comes in.
ReplyDeleteThe real reason for a quest is always self-knowledge. The chapter made sense to me because after i read it because i started thinking of quests in books that i have read previously and even in movies. I thought of Shrek. When he goes on his trip to save Fiona for the King, he actually ends up learning about himself, which is the "real reason for going".
ReplyDeleteI think the real reason for including a quest in literature is to give the characters a goal to reach. Once the character or characters reach that goal it shows them what they're really made of. In Toy Story all the toys are trying to get back to Andy's house and they succeed but only after many obstacles and dangerous situations.
ReplyDeleteIncluding a quest gives the story a true meaning. Most stories are interesting because a certain character or characters goes through a series of events that makes the character go through a difficult path and when there is a certain goal that needs to be reached. I think having a quest really captures the readers and keeps them interested. It actually makes more sense and makes the story more clear. In Huck Finn, Huck wants to get away from his father and be on his own and goes in many different adventures.
ReplyDeleteThe reason you put a quest in a story. If you didnt have that quest the story would have no momentum. quests give the character a distention and trials to go on to make a story interesting and good experience points. :P
ReplyDeletewhat made sense umm... these arnt the droids your looking for
well i love hardcore fantasy so the stories i read are all epic quests
Literature uses quests to make the piece more interesting. A reader will get more hooked on the story or poem if there is an adventure or quest they have to follow. Also a quest can face many challenges that changes the characters views or personality. Some quests I can think of would be Adventures of Huck Finn, Cinderella, and of course Shrek.
ReplyDeleteOther quests in pieces of literature are stories/movies such as Star Wars, Lord of the RIngs, Harry Potter, etc.
ReplyDeleteA quest is an adventure, a character needs to go on a journey to try and learn stuff. I enjoyed the chapter it was told in a way that I could understand. The little example story was helpful, it gave you a picture of what he is talking about. A story I have read with a quest was Huck Finn.
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ReplyDeleteI think that the real reason for having a quest in a story is to have a purpose for a story other wise the story would not be enjoyable and the reader would get bored.The quest is what makes a piece of literature. It makes sense to me that a character has to go on a journey or quest, it shows the growth of that character. In the book i am currently reading "such a pretty girl" the main character goes through a change of dealing with a family issue that is following her through life which is her quest.
ReplyDeleteI believe that the real reason that a quest should be included in a story is because it shows how people can grow and change as they fulfill their journey. Their journey helps them find themselves, and discover who they really are. I believe all of chapter one made since. I think that quests keep the reader interested, and makes them want to find out how they finished. You can find quests in just about any story, including books ranging from children's books to teen and adult books.
ReplyDeleteA quest helps people find themselves and it gives the reader the ability to see how the character grows as a person. Other quests I can think about are Harry potter, Little Red Riding Hood, and Shreck.
ReplyDelete"The real reason for including a quest in a piece of literature is always self-knowledge." I agree with what the author's saying. Most people who go on quests in their lives set out on them to learn some great truth about themselves. When the author writes out the list of the components of a quest. The list contains: A quester, a place to go, a stated reason to go there, challenges and trials, and the real reason to go. You could take all of those components and apply them to any story. Like the book: Secret Life of Bees. The quester is a young white girl named Lily runs away from home to escape her father with a black servant girl. The place to go is a house where Lily's dead mom lived for a while. The black family takes them both in and they live with them for a while. The reason to go there would be Lily escaping her father. The challenges include Lily coping with the loss of her mother. The real reason for her to go would be to learn about her mother and her life before she was born.
ReplyDeleteThe reason for including quests in literature is for self knowledge. I like how the author made a random story and showed how it was a quest even though it was a stretch. I'm sure that something made sense but i read it Friday so idk what made sense. Harry Potter is definitely a quest so yeah.
ReplyDeleteI think the point in having a "quest" is to give the character time or a goal that will change the character for better or worse. Ultimately giving the character some sort of self-knowledge. Most characters have an initial quest but gain self-knowledge and the quest changes half way through, it ends up being what the quest should of have originally started out to be in the first place. I define a quest a being something that will change you.
ReplyDeleteThe real reason for including a quest in a piece of literature is that it is a highly entertaining and inventive way of telling a story. It serves as a way to drive the plot of the story and create the theme or moral that the character learns. That is why often the character who sets out on the quest is an innocent, inexperienced youth. The character learns something about themselves and rises mature and experienced. I agree with this. I believe that the archetype of a quest is of great importance in the art of creating a story. It is an easy way to write in a theme to the story because it is the lesson the character learns. It is also of great interest to the reader because we continue to read so that we are able to see if the character makes it through the ordeal. For this reason, the quest is used throughout the writers community. It can be seen it such stories as the classic Odyssey, the fantasy Wizard of Oz, the modern Lord of the Rings, and the literary Catcher in the Rye.
ReplyDeleteI believe the real reason for a "quest" in literature is like the book said, to gain self knowledge. As I've gotten a little older I've realized a lot by going through bumps in the road. These trails not only make you a stronger person in the end, but also make you realize who you are or who you are set our to be. Its much of the same idea in literature or a novel. The characters go on the quest to become a much bigger, stronger, and more mature person. An example would be The Lion King and Simba's journey to regain the pride land.
ReplyDeleteThe author states "The real reason for a quest is always self-knowledge." The purpose of the quest is to show how the character develops and becomes more self-aware as the story progresses. Of course, not every quester knows they are on a quest until they've reached the end. Also, not every quest is blatant, as the use of the author's first example (the boy off to buy bread) points out. This example made perfect sense to be, and I agree wholeheartedly with the point the author is making. Popular books contain obvious quests, such as the Harry Potter series and The Lord of the Rings, where the whole plot revolves around the quest.
ReplyDeleteAs the book says the reason for going on a "quest" is to gain self-knowledge. I happen to agree with this statement, just as well as everyone else. It makes sense to me, when you go on a "quest" you learn more and more. It makes you more experienced with life in general and therefore a different person with different outlooks on life. An example would be the Wizard of Oz, where Dorothy is on a journey to get back to Kansas and she learns things about others and herself. She comes back wiser.
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ReplyDeleteThe quest is what makes the story, well that and the quester. Quests are the entertaining part of a story, but what the quester goes through during the quest and what they over come changes that quester in the long run. That is what gives a story real value. How you relate to a quester and their quest can ultimately change you as a person as you learn from their mistakes.
ReplyDeleteIn a story, the quest is what makes the character go through a change. Without this, the author has failed to do his purpose of making an interesting story. Whether the quest be to drop a ring in molten lava at the top of a mountain, or whether it be to figure out a mystery or escape some horror. These quests can either make the story incredibly enjoyable or make the story seem cheap and worthless. Many stories include a dual quest or "side quests". Like in Lord of the rings, the author J.R. Tolkien shows one side of the quest, Aragorn trying to take back his kingdom, and on the other side he shows Frodo and all his struggles and rights of passage to return the ring to the lava.
ReplyDeleteIn literature, the quest is used so that the character in the story can learn about their self through experiences that they run into. Like in Nemo, when Nemo is lost his father goes on a quest to get him back. Along the way he learns about him self and Nemo.
ReplyDeleteI think the quest's purpose is to help the character find his/her purpose in life. For example, in Eragon the main character is sent to hunt for deer, while on his hunt he finds a beautiful "stone" and brings it back to hopefully sell it when the merchants come to town. Before the merchants come to town the "stone" hatches and a baby dragon pops out. He becomes a dragon rider, which is very rare. This would not have happened if he had not gone on the quest.
ReplyDeleteWithout quest, books wouldn't exist. Nor would movies. It's a highly true fact that you will near never read of something happening in a book that's pointless. When telling a story, how often do you include little details that are irrelevant to the moral, the main point, the punch line? I may be telling a story about a crazy time I once had driving but I'm not going to include the beautiful Corvette stingray placed here on this earth by God and the brilliant people who designed it in 1969 that I saw a quarter of a mile back because it's lustrous red screamed my name. No, I'm going to stick with my story of road rage. I think the author is correct in saying a quest is about self exploration. A quest starts with a realization, a call to duty, destiny, whatever you call it. Something happens, something out of the ordinary, that can be as small as tripping and landing on a dollar bill with an address that says, "Destiny has chosen you. Take this dollar bill and come to this address," on a particularly dull day. Quest lead to self knowledge. Self knowledge, is a very good thing. A few quest I can think of by letting my eyes roam the bookshelf to my left would be Clary's realization she's a shadowhunter in the Mortal Instruments Series by Cassandra Clare, Elizabeth's realization that to be a Queen is an awful big thing, a young boy's realization that you don't always get the girl of your dreams, Gemma's realization that her mother left her a legacy in Libba Bray's Gemma Doyle Trilogy. Point is, the people we read about always learn something. I'm 17, think constantly, over analyze, psycho analyze (thank you, mother, for letting 8 year old me read you your psychology books when you were too tired to read them, everything has made far more sense since I found that out), and still know I know nothing. In that, destiny, God, I await my invitation to Hogwarts, an old wise man telling me I'm the chosen one, the invention of light sabers, teleportation, or the zombie apocalypse. I should add, please wait to let the zombie apocalypse happen until I've read the Survivor's Manual, thanks.
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