Monday, February 18, 2008

Using Imagery in Didactic Literature

The Zen Parables, Taoist Anecdotes, and Analects all teach us way to living a better life through Imagery told in stories.

These parables help us forget about the past and the knowledge we had in the past. it gives people a new life so they can start fresh without anyone knowing about their mistakes. Zen parables like the biblical parables, are also deceptively simple tales that contain profound truths. It is also a brief allegorical story that teaches a moral, or lesson about life.

The analects range from brief statements to more extended dialogues between Confucius and his students. The parables told people how to live a good life and how to live it to the fullest but with safety. Analects use the method of controlling all things in the world.

An anecdote is a brief and sometimes witty story that focuses on a single interesting incident or event, often in order to make a point or teach a moral lesson. Anecdotes use a single idea to figure out and help a big situation. with anecdotes everythings focuses on one main idea.

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