In a deeper sense literature can be viewed to reflect truths about the real world. ... In this sense Hawthorne, similar to Tolkien, can be interpreted in a Christian biblical sense, although Tolkien says he did not intend this in his works. ... In a broader sense allegory and all literature can be seen as possessing both entertainment and truths to human nature. ... Vonnegut's tale and its ironic twists are in a sense entertaining. ... It helps us to refine our moral and humanitarian sensibilities. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

In the novel, one of the most significant literary devices used by Winton is symbolism, which plays upon the aesthetic sensibilities harbored by the text's audience and provides insight and deeper understanding to the themes of the novel. ... Besides this, his "misery pictures" reveal how the pain and despair present in the world has caused him to have a sense of homelessness, for his search for meaning and fulfillment in life take him to the country, and back still unfulfilled. ... Besides this there is a sense conveyed to the reader in the novel that the evil spirits in the room have be...

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