The study through literature allows our imaginations to become improved.

The imagination is improved because the mind obtains a clearer idea of the world it wishes to live in from the world that it already exists in. "The Educated Imagination" is a book written by Northrop Frye that explains how literature affects humans in relation to reality. "The Angry Clam" is a short story written by Erik Quisling about the life of a clam who wants to destroy the world. This clam is unable to complete the task of destroying the world due to a lack of imaginative skill. In "The Angry Clam" the clam tries to destroy the world by embracing Islam, using it's most creative thinking visualization techniques but fails. "The Educated Imagination" from Northrop Frye connects with Erik Quisling's "The Angry Clam. "The Educated Imagination" teaches that without educating imagination people are vulnerable to society's attempt to gain profit from them. Everything man does builds upon the education of man's imagination says Northrop Frye. "The Angry Clam" connects to "The Educated Imagination" because of the relation of imagination and it's potential capability of creating a life desired from the current world. The allusion's within "The Angry Clam" and "The Educated Imagination" also connect. The loss and regaining of identity connects to Frye's book and to the clam from "The Angry Clam." There are many similarities between "The Educated Imagination" and "The Angry Clam." Erik Quisling's "The Angry Clam" strongly connects to Northrop Frye's "The Educated Imagination." Both written piecse show how people and characters go through a phase of the loss and regaining of identity. The allusions throughout Erik Quisling's story can be related to the allusions in Frye's novel. "The Educated Imagination" is very strongly connected towards "The Angry Clam" because "The Educated Imagination" is about educating our imaginations to create the desired world from the world that is already present. The connections between "The Educated Imagination" and "The Angry Clam" are mainly influenced by the desire to create something and learn the fundamentals of literature and reality.