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“Sex doesn't have to look like sex; other objects and activities can stand in for sexual organs and sex acts.” (Foster 144) Thomas Foster, the author of How To Read Literature Like a Professor, wrote that line in the chapter “it's all about sex…” with the meaning behind it that anything can have a sexual component. Things such as “Tall buildings, landscapes, a bowl, or even keys,” Foster wrote. This meant that any other can use anything they want to represent sex in a story, while sort of hiding it. In the book Joyland, by Stephen King, many objects or things stand as sexual activities. We first find out about the Horror House from Mrs. Shoplaw who tells the story about the murder that took place years ago. The murderer took her in the Horror …show more content…

Devin thinks about her dimples and appearance and like a sex object, He knows he's about to lose it to her but describing her image makes him think about sex. Stephen describes a sex scene. This is what Foster meant by “ sex doesn't have to look like sex.” Chapter 20: So does Season, by Thomas C. Foster, he talks about seasons. He talks about how seasons play a big part in literature, which they do. If you think about summer you probably think the story is going to be about some love story, the boy falls in love with the girl and they recap the whole summer. Summer is romance, and Joyland takes place in the summer. Devin takes the summer job. Kings wasn’t gonna write about him taking a summer job and it be all gloomy and about a sad story. He had to involve romance because that's what you think of when you think of summer, romance. “Seasons can work magic with seasons. “ (Foster 192) Imagine if King wrote this story taking place in the winter. It wouldn't fit, it wouldn't stick out as much as a murder case trying to be solved in an amusement park in the summer time. It makes it creepy and all interesting. Characters personalities have seasons , just like Devin. Summer:be close to wendy, have an interesting job and get away from home. All a summer

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