Analyzing a Book

At times you are asked to analyze a book specially if you have a class called Literary Analysis. There are a lot ways to analyze a book you can start by reading the back of the book and give yourself an idea of what the book might be about, but remember the back of a book may not always tell the truth. For me the best way to analyze a book is by comparing and contrasting the past with the present, you can start by comparing some of the characters that were used in the book and compare them and contrast them with some of the people that exist today. You can also compare the type of life that people had back then and the type of life that people have today, for example I would compare the type of life that Bigger and his family had to the type of life that people of color have today. Then I would ask myself questions like does racism still exist today? and if it does how has it changed? or how is it still the same?. You can compare and contrast things like the setting and special events that existed back then and that today still exist. By doing this you will get a better view of the book your analyzing.