Comments on: Reason #17: It’s Allegorical

By: Sean Lindsay

Sean Lindsay — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:20:55 +0000

Only fresh-water allegories.

By: Schartz-Metterklume

Schartz-Metterklume — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:16:01 +0000

Don’t allegories live on the banks of the Nile?

By: Ralph

Ralph — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:28:22 +0000

Lord of the Flies

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By: Ronnie

Ronnie — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 15:39:48 +0000

I actually read an allegory I know wasn’t intended into a story I had to read for English class so I could have an essay question. A Separate Peace by John Knowles isn’t about the loss of innocence, or even 2 ambiguously gay boys during World War II, it’s about JESUS! XD

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101 Reasons to Stop Writing : » Reason #17: It’s Allegorical — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 05:24:19 +0000

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By: Tomas

Tomas — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 17:49:43 +0000

Terry Goodkind.

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Inside the Labyrinth - Allegory — Tue, 13 May 2008 03:43:08 +0000

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By: L

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:27:34 +0000

Lou: Apparently you’re not aware that much of the Middle-Earth chronology was inspired by the Eddas, a well-known collection of old Norse mythology. Tolkein himself has admitted this. If I had had any doubts of this, they would have vanished when I tried to read the Silmarillion last summer. In terms of entertainment value, it’s about like trying to read the following parts of the Bible: the creation story, Noah’s Ark, every single genealogy in the entire Bible, the books of Leviticus and Sirach, and the description of Solomon’s Temple, with bits of the book of Judges sprinkled here and there in order to distract you from how incredibly boring the rest of it is. (Note: No disrespect towards Christianity, Judaism, or the scribes who wrote the Bible is intended.) However, there is a much stronger resemblance to the Eddas than to anything in the Bible, the Catechism, or the entire history of Christianity. I’d love to see where you’re getting the Catholicism thing from.

By: d j lufkin

d j lufkin — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 13:33:27 +0000

#17 is, as my former writing coach would say, “spot on.” People who can’t write teach writing, and what they teach is to use the word “like” 3 times in each paragraph. If you haven’t noticed this, read any work by anyone who has an MFA in writing. We now have two generations of “literary” writers who believe that writing IS metaphor…