Oedipus the King

This was not a terrible book! I usually dread the books assigned in class but I enjoyed the story of Oedipus. I enjoyed the symbolism in the book, especially involving sight. The prophet is blind because he can clearly see the truth, as stated in How to Read Literature Like a Professor by Thomas C. Foster, and in the end of the novel Oedipus ends up blinding himself because he now knows the truth. Throughout the entire play, references to sight were made which I found fascinating because the whole play led up to Oedipus' blindness.