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* When people eat or drink together, it symbolizes communion

* Communion is defined as the sharing or exchanging of intimate thoughts and feelings, especially on a mental or spiritual level

* Eating and other social acts hold a special representation in literature because one must choose who they eat with. Eating is an active undertaking, not a passive one.

* Just like a good meal is a good sign, a bad meal is a bad sign

* Eating can also be connected to death, as everyone shares the experience of death as well.

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* Many works of literature are “re mixes” of each other.

*A “literary canon" is as a master list of works that matter in some important way.

* “Hansel and Gretel” is one of the most widely known fairy tales, and is used to represent a very common theme: lost children.

* Children’s literature/fairy tales are often used as  sources for quotations to enrich an authors text, as they are simple, straightforward, and widely known.

*Fairy tales can be “modernized” while still retaining their original underlying meaning. Stories like Hansel and Gretel provide for analogies references and plots that are widely known.

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* Archetypes: identify specific examples

* The real reason for a quest is always self knowledge, not the stated reason

* Main components of quest stay the same throughout novels

* Parts of a quest: quester, place to go, challenges en route, stated reason to go, real reason to go

*Sometimes, a trip is just point a to point b

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* Ghosts and vampires are never only about ghosts and vampires, there is always a second meaning behind their presence.

* Vampires can symbolize selfishness, exploitation, a refusal to respect the autonomy of other people, and people's dual nature.

* Additionally, there was so much the Victorians were not allowed to write about directly that they transformed those topics into symbols like vampirism.

* Aspects of a vampire story include an interaction between an older male figure and a younger female figure. Their interaction typically ends in a growth of the life force of the old male, and the destruction of the young woman.

* The ghost/vampire can also represent nothing but a “cheap thrill” in literature, so it is important to read carefully.

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Similarities between The Odyssey and O Brother, Where Art Thou:
One example of the similarities between these works is the presence of the “cyclops.” In the Odyssey, Cyclops eats a couple of Odysseus’ men and in O Brother, Where Art Thou, Big Dan Teague eats a frog. Both also have one eye.

Similarities between The Odyssey and The Aeneid:
Both of these stories are epics and exhibit "in medias res" which is translated (from Latin) "in the midst of things." While returning home (or for Aeneas, finding a new home), both heros experience hold backs that delay their trip home. Furthermore, divine intervention is present in both epics ( (the main goddess in The Odyssey is Athena while in The Aeneid, Venus).

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Franz Kafka’s The Metamorphosis:
As stated in this book, the vampirism/predator-prey relationship is not a literal one, it is a figurative, “social” vampirism. Gregor is consumed by his family and himself when he becomes a bug, which leads him to sacrifice himself for the sake of his family.

Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre:
When Jane sees the ghost of what appears to be Mr. Reed, she freaks out to the point where she gets everyone’s attention in the house. The purpose of the ghost could be to point out the exploitation or selfishness of the Reeds.

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Seamus Heaney’s translation of Beowulf:
In the communal dining hall, the entire community eats together and gets drunk together. Because of this, they get to share a bond with each other. In the sense of eating going wrong, this is also where the monster comes to eat people, and the entire community must share the burden of people being eaten.

Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre:
St. John’s sisters and Hannah saved Jane from dying outside because they let her spend the night. In the morning, Hannah fed her and talked with her.

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Trevor Noah’s Born a Crime:
Throughout the book, Trevor Noah explains his quest to fit in with his community, often relying on the third space. He uses humor as a coping mechanism to get through many challenges and trials.

J.D. Salinger's Catcher in the Rye:
Holden’s journey through the streets of New York is a quest for self-discovery and authenticity in a world he sees as "phony". Throughout the novel, he struggles with feelings of cynicism, alienation, and disillusionment. However, at the end of the story his sister Phoebe helps him to have a more complex understanding of himself and the world.