Fun with deeper meaning…or lack thereof.
Inspired by an image on Pinterest, I started thinking about DEEPER MEANING. Also known as that thing that teachers and critics do where they read a bit of writing and decide that everything means something else. This whole way of analyzing writing gets on my nerves. Just a bit. SOMETIMES THINGS ARE JUST THE WAY THEY ARE, OK. Take rain, for example. With literary analysis, rain means a multitude of things. The character feeling like she’s melting away. The erosion of everything she holds dear. The silent tears our hero is holding back. Rain is seen as representing everything from deep...
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