Assignment #2

The part of this chapter that struck me the most was the overall message of it- that most if not all of literature has basis from a piece already created. This drew my attention because I had never thought of it that way before. Everyone talks about movies and songs being repetitive (which are in essence stories themselves) but I had never thought of this in terms of great classics like Huckleberry Finn or the other works mentioned in the chapter. I liked how Frye reassures readers that he does not mean that nothing is new in literature. The conclusion that can be drawn from this is that even though similar aspects exist from story to story, that is not to say that one is better or more original than the other because all these stories are doing is taking from what it means to be human and using those main themes again in their stories. They can be applied in different ways and different conclusions can be drawn from each story, which is possibly the best part of literature. These works are all written by humans about BEING human, what its like to live and love and be betrayed, etc. The best part of it all is that with every story comes a new perspective in what it means to be human, giving us readers much to go through, think about and ultimately decide our opinions on a plethora of topics.