look beneath the surface

To focus on the deeper aspects of something, as opposed to the traits that are most easily identified. When you write your book reports, please look beneath the surface of the text and analyze the author's stylistic choices.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Elvis	EL-vis	English
Avraham	ah-vrah-HAHM (Jewish)	Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Arseniy	ahr-SYE-nee	Russian
Ndidi	-	Western African, Igbo
Belinda	[bə'lində]
MercÈ	-	Catalan