LogFAQs > #967376700

i feel like this meme is by people who have no idea how to analyze literature, or who are reading bad authors

of course there are times where physical descriptions are just that, but authors - especially those studied in english classes - use imagery as metaphor all the time. this has big why dont they teach taxes in high school energy. if you have a setting with a depressed person, i highly doubt the author would note that the curtains are blue without intending to add to an image that supports that underlying message.

moreover, the authors intent has very little to do with it. thats the problem, is that so many english classes are taught/graded the same way as math or chemistry or any other subject with a clear right and wrong answer. seeking additional meaning, those little details that could tie in somewhere, is the most interesting part of analyzing art, but if people dont get it themselves they assume the person saying so is just a blowhard