I’ll never get why people have to ruin shit and constantly make up theories and interpretations that only exist inside their head.
It reminds me of when I was in school and a teacher would make up some bullshit about symbolism in a book and later you’d see something the author said where it’s like “uh no it’s just a shoe, nothing else”.
“That’s why my favorite book is Moby-Dick. No fru-fru symbolism, just a good, simple tale about a man who hates an animal.”
constantly make up theories and interpretations that only exist inside their head
If you’re annoyed at people trying to make sense of their world, I’ve got bad news for you. Humans are meaning making machines. It’s just what we do. You might as well be annoyed by eating and breathing.
Another point that people often miss is that the reason why there’s symbolism in everything that children read in English class is because… the teacher chose it. If there wasn’t a clear line of evidence suggesting that there’s strong themes and heavy symbolism in a particular book, then the teacher obviously wouldn’t have chosen it. If your job is to teach literacy, you’re not going to pick The Cat in the Hat as a teaching example.
