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Northrop Frye In The Electric Ant
In "The Electric Ant" by Philip K. Dick, the protagonist – Garson Poole – suffers an injury to his hand due to an accident, and because of that injury he discovers he is an electric ant. This realization turns his life around and allows readers to sympathize with Poole because of his sadness in discovering who he really was. But if one reads carefully and digs deep, readers are able to see that this story has incorporated many pre-existing forms of literature, something Northrop Frye states is in every piece of literature ever written. "The Electric Ant" is a short story that proves Frye's theory of where most pieces of literature come from and exactly what occurs in them.
Northrop Frye states that all pieces of literature come from pre-existing forms of literature, including bible stories and myths (pg. 13-14). At the beginning of "The Electric Ant", Mr. Poole, or later just Poole, is told by those that work at the hospital that he is an......

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