(March 31, 2022 at 12:20 am)John 6IX Breezy Wrote: these aren't merely artifacts of literature, they are cognitive maps for representing the world.
I was thinking about how a series of true events might become allegory. It seems to me that it depends entirely on how and to whom we tell these events.
Like if a rock star gets rich and famous and then squanders all his money and dies, it's a series of real-life events.
But if your dad relays this story to you when you're young and on the verge of success, then it's an allegory about Temperance and Prudence.
