"(a major mover) will arrange their words in order to make themselves seem blameless."

"Each person's report will have the "hidden agenda" of making herself or himself seem honest, objective. intelligent, impartial, and thorough."

This confuses me slightly because what would a character be considered if say a crime was committed, they werent the person that actually did it, but they wanted to take the credit/blame for it? Wouldnt that go against both of these statements and yet wouldnt that person be a major participant in the story?

This brings to mind this documentary about a serial killer called the Iceman that I watched the other night. He killed over 100 people and whne talking about what drove him to do those thiings he never once said that he regretted it or tried to place blame on someone else. He didnt even say that the victims brought it on themselves. He simply claimed that it was something he had to do. Now in this case he was the major participant but he didnt try to seem blameless. Although I guess this goes along with my nd quote about being honest.

"They (symbolism and allegory) are based on the fact that people associate important qualities of their existence with particular objects, places, or accurrences."

Symbolism means something entirely different to every person. It all depends on what you've experienced in your life, and how far your "journey" took you.

For example, while growing up my father was never around or included in my life. Even though he lived/s in my town less than 3 miles away I never got a birthday card or even just a call to say hello. So what my symbolism of a father or even my symbolism of a mother would be completely different than someone who has a "man-of-the-house". The difference would be the importance and independence I stress on my mother and being able to do so-called jobs that a man should do. Because of this I feel that a person must know a little bit about the authors history in order to understand the symbolism that is being shown.

In Brendas blog she says something about how the more meanings a symbol has the richer the context becomes. So the more experiences a person encounters the more peices of literature will be appreciated.

"In poetry, rythm is significant because poetry is so emotionally sharged, compact, and intense."

These two statements out of this chapter really explain why exactly poems are associated with poetry. A poem is like a short accapello song. Each hold the same amount of feelings and emotions while still comunicating a centralized idea. To write a successful song and poem require the same basics. Structure, flow, and interest.

This goes along with what Lisa Randolph said about reading a poem isnt the same as our everyday speech. She points out that there are rythms and syllables that need to be stressed in order to give it meaning. This further strengthens the connection between songs and poems. Because the same can be said for song lyrics.