So you may be wondering why my blog is titled this...well there isn't one specific reason why. First, I think it's a great quote from the movie Forrest Gump. Also, I like the message it teaches. Life is unexpected, and no one knows what lies before them. We have to take the chance and go see for ourselves if we ever want to accomplish something. This is also a lot like reading. We start out reading a book not knowing where it will take us. The ending is unknown until we reach it; sometimes it ends good and sometimes it ends bad. However, we will never know how it turns out in the end if we do not keep going.

Friday, August 6, 2010

Allusion

In chapter six, Frances says "I suppose that we that live by the sword shall perish by the sword" (page 57). I know that this is an allusion, but it could be a reference to two different things. I believe this is a quote from Shakespeare's Hamlet. In addition, this is also said in Matthew 26:52 of the Bible. I am not sure which of those Hemingway intended to allude to? However, the meaning of the phrase is the same either way. The phrase is used to describe how one's eventual fate is based on how they live their life. It means that how we act and treat others will affect the rest of our lives. For example, the literal meaning of this phrase is that people who live by violence will, in the end, have that same sword turned on them and be killed through violence... ... ...poetic justice. I do not think that is a literary term?...oh well...it is still poetic justice. =)
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