Since I'm reading Nietzsche for a "myths, their uses and misuses" class... short answer: Yes indeed, people can find meanings in a work that the author didn't intend. All texts are subject to multiple interpretations, many of which the author never thought of-- that is indeed the joy of readers and reviews -- but I think there comes a point when you have, indeed, missed the point of a text and distorted it.
I had written a story about a person in a wheelchair who found true liberation and freedom building and flying kites (somewhat exaggerated autobiographical, due to my rheumatoid A.) A youngster of about 15 wrote and turned in a story to his English class, from the point of view of a witness watching my character in the story I'd written. The thrust of his story was that the handicapped girl was an antisocial bitch who went off to play her own game instead of playing with the other kids, and thus she was depriving herself of friendship. Which I suppose was one way of looking at it, but it didn't honor the "I can't run... but I can fly!" theme of the story I'd written.
It also bugged me that he rewrote my story for an English assignment, but that's another issue. :/
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I had written a story about a person in a wheelchair who found true liberation and freedom building and flying kites (somewhat exaggerated autobiographical, due to my rheumatoid A.) A youngster of about 15 wrote and turned in a story to his English class, from the point of view of a witness watching my character in the story I'd written. The thrust of his story was that the handicapped girl was an antisocial bitch who went off to play her own game instead of playing with the other kids, and thus she was depriving herself of friendship. Which I suppose was one way of looking at it, but it didn't honor the "I can't run... but I can fly!" theme of the story I'd written.
It also bugged me that he rewrote my story for an English assignment, but that's another issue. :/