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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Firebeetle" data-source="post: 2778581" data-attributes="member: 34506">Go read "Invisible Man"Go read Ralph Ellison's "Invisible Man", frequently one of the top ten reads of the 20th Century (so you're not wasting your time.) It would be impossible to read that book without making dozens, if not hundreds, of interpretations when you have no clue regarding the author's intentions. Furthermore, it is OK to say whatever you have to say about the book.  You don't have to get the author's permission to do so (difficult, since he's dead.)  There are people who read it over and over and see different things every time.  There are reams and reams of well thought out literary criticism (which is not personal interpretation, the same critic can look at the same book using different types of literary criticism and will come up with very different results.) That's the damn point of literature, reading and interpretation.  Author's intent is important, but does not deny any amount of allegory, symbolism, theme, or other factor of literary criticism.  Misinterpretation would be an outrageous or unsupported opinion.If this, John Q. and Jezter, makes me a pompous ass so be it. It's far better than being ignorant and dogmatic.  When you question the entire literary establishment's right to apply allegory to literature, I would argue I am not the one being pompous.  Further, if I am being an ass for laughing heartily, then was are you being when you are "amused", a butt cheek?Ralph Ellison is the inspiration (at least in part) for the Forrester character in "Finding Forrester" BTW.  Sure, Forrester is a scotsman and Ellison was black, but the ALLEGORY is still there.</blockquote>

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