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organizing an essay so that things flow is the hardest thing in the world so im crabby BUT
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#scifi #fantasy #literature
Then as our cultures change, the ways we tell stories change. The meanings of the symbols in our ancestral dreams shift as people struggle to adapt their old morals with the new world. Different forms yet with the same heart, Myth, Science Fiction, and Fantasy are a holy trinity of allegory in which larger than life circumstances allow readers and authors to explore their own guiding principles and the shape of the world around them. 2/2
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A bush burns and speaks. The sword is pulled from the stone. Battered and beaten, and long ago burned, a man removes his mask. Throughout the ages people have shared stories larger than themselves. Whether initially historical reference or prediction, or escapist creation, or guiding rules, tales weave themselves into our societies and shape humanity.
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