English teachers put way more thought into books than the actual authors did.
Teacher: Oh look, there is a raven mentioned. This must symbolize death and her desire to fly away from her life, which is foreshadowing her later leaving the village!
Author: actually lol i just like birds
Both English Classes that I’ve taken at ND.
I actually think symbolism that wasn’t intended by the author is more interesting than symbolism that was.
(Source: ninja-hummel, via tiffanitherese)

