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Mr. Kecsedi（
AP Literature Teacher
普台高中 AP 文學課程教師
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It might just be possible to gain such experience.
3D movies or online games? No. We’re doing this old
school. All you have to do is to let the little gray mouse
of your imagination loose in that herd of elephants and
watch them scatter. In time, most of them will eventually
vanish in the thick fog of forgetfulness anyway; while
many of the tiny ants will transform into fiery phoenixes,
or luminous, heart-warming fireflies. (Feel free to consult
your friendly neighborhood Literature teacher to decipher
these metaphors for you. Now, where were we? Oh, yes,
something about ants…)
Imagine a herd of huge Hold a magnifying glass before your mind’s eye and
elephants on one side of a scale, observe the first little critter. He is a brisk and lively little
and a tiny team of twitchy ants fellow. We’ll call him Lewis the Laborious. See how he’s
on the other. That’s a pictorial collecting and carrying supplies; how he works tirelessly
representation of the proportion for the good of the anthill? He’s not the star of the show,
of theory (dry fact) and practice but he is the foundation upon which (metaphorical) castles
(personal experience) in our and empires will be built.
life. Consider how much you
have heard and read about Next, we have Arthur the Artist. Look at him staring at
conquerors, emperors, heroes a falling leaf, a feather, or an empty snail shell. He senses
and paladins. But how much do an invisible force, a deeper meaning behind everything. In
you actually know about what short, he’s an idealist, a romantic dreamer who will spin
it is like to be one of these a tale to dazzle you, to transport you above the tallest
characters? mountain, or beneath the deepest sea.
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