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Finding Meaning in Movies (and Why the Pixar Theory is Terrible)
2November 6, 2015 by Devin
The flaw students often make in understanding literary analysis is that because adhering to the literal truth of the text is not as important, any interpretation is just as good as the other one because what does it really mean anyway? However, to paraphrase Richard Rohr, literal truth is the lowest form of truth. In this scenario, what a text is is so much less important than what a text means.
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Thoughts on The Great Gatsby
Leave a commentMay 13, 2013 by Devin
I recently saw The Great Gatsby. I decided that this would be a good movie to give thoughts about, but I need …
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