"Why, you might ask, are there Christ Figures? As with most other cases we've looked at where the work engages some prior text, the short answer is that probably the writer wants to make a certain point. Perhaps the parallel deepens our sense of the characters sacrifice..."
- In this chapter "Yes, She's a Christ Figure, Too", Foster discusses that due to the Christian bases "upraising" that our country has under went, It is important to understand the basics of Christianity, for understanding and interpreting literature, although this is not to say that every person you see walking the street in the United States id Christian and practices Christianity. Foster then goes into the Christ Figure idea, He literally lists believed characteristics of Jesus Christ. Foster later goes on to explain that this list of characteristics isn't to find the most godly people, but instead to give a list of references to a reader who can pull characteristics of Christ and compare them the the character they are reading about. Foster says that this could be to see the characters generosity levels, or their level sacrifice. Overall these "Christ Figures" are those who may share a few characteristics with the list Foster used early on in the chapter, This doesn't mean that they are exact replicas of Christ. I have drawn a conclusion that these characteristics are used as symbols to draws ones focus to Christianity.
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