But then I remembered where my last blog post left off. Menus are libraries.
So, by transitive property, the set of all characters in a novel is a library. I'm not quite sure that that works.
Which is it then? How can all of this make sense?
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Deeper into the quadilla, that is. And this will collide the two analogies to synergize one that is even more amazing than either of them.
Because there are characters in a library. It's just that it's not a set of characters - its a set of a set of characters. A set of books, each with a set of characters. So it's not the qualities of the chicken quesadilla that analogize to the character traits. It's the qualities of the delectable cheese inside. The gooey-ness, the right amount of softness in the cheese. They foodize the cheese, just as the right amount of crispiness with the right amount of thickness in the tortilla foodizes the tortilla. And then you have the chicken, the auxiliary vegetables (minor foods), all of these amazing things. You mix them up in just the right way, in the right order with the right structure, and you get an amazing creation of food. Mix up characters in just the right way, in the right order with the right structure, and you get an amazing creation of literature. Then you group all of the books together in this place called a library and people can go in, get whatever book they want, free of charge, and leave. We group all of the foods together in this place called a restaurant.
There is one place where this analogy breaks down though. And I believe that it must be fixed, because it would be a marvelous improvement to the world as it is today. We need public taco bells where people can go in, get whatever food they want, free of charge, and leave.
Cutting a little close on that time, mmhh? Having public taco bells would be great for people participating in "various" activities. *wink wink* Reading a good book and eating a delicious meal does leave you with the same feeling. Happy and full.
ReplyDeleteNo, I'm just interpreting deadlines in the "Senior Dialect" of English.
DeleteRobotics? Yep, I'd stay until 2 every morning if it meant free Taco Bell!!
Very nice analogy. I would have liked to see you develope the character side of the comparison as much as you did with the menu part. How might a writer "mix" characters to get the best story? You could detail that as well as you detailed the Taco Bell part. Nice job overall
ReplyDeleteTo answer this question thoroughly, it would take a comprehensive classification of characters and food and then connecting them analogously but that would take a long, long while. Here are some examples which hopefully give an idea, however.
DeleteAuthors often use character foils to contrast characters to create a better story. Many foods have a sweet or sour taste which is more tasty because of it.
Many stories often deal with one character who doesn't quite fit in with the other characters. I think that fruit in dessert is like a fish out of water and fits in to the other ingredients as well as that character does.
Would you like me to try to think of some more examples?
Joseph, your blogs always make me so hungry! I like your character analogy, and the previous comment in reply to C.J.'s cleared up the comparison a bit more. Maybe in a utopian society, one day, we can all have free Taco Bell.
ReplyDeleteThen I look forward all the more to Utopia.
DeleteVery funny! It was very admirable that you tackled analogies with set theory and algebraic properties. I think it would be very cool yet difficult undertaking to look at literature in a completely mathematical perspective. Would you prefer English class if it was like that?
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