1. Chapter 22: “He’s Blind for a Reason, You Know” How to Read Literature Like a Professor by Thomas C. Foster By: Amber Brown

2. If a writer introduces a blind character to an audience, then that character is going to perform a very significant role during the plot of the story.

3. Extremely Important & Ironic Disability
In a story (NOT IN REAL LIFE)
Portray pshycological, moral, & intellectual characteristics
Blind See and Sighted are Blind
Identifies failure to see reality, love, truth etc.

4. When a Writer wants us to know something significant about a character then…
Mention It
Concepts of light and dark
Dark=Blindness
Light=Sight

5. Mentioned Early
“Indiana Jones Principle”
“If you want your audience to know something important about your character (or the work at large), introduce it early, before you need it.”

6. Introducing a Blind Character to the Audience is a Challenge
Challenges the Writer
Challenges the Audience
Actions have to accommodate the disability
Disabled characters can be a hassle to authors
Specific Reasoning
Learning the characters is blind
Familiarity to the concept of light and dark
Interpret Text for Full Meaning