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The Knight in Rusty Armor
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Write an essay in which you argue for what you think is the main allegorical lesson of the novella. Be sure to use evidence from the text.
Discuss the novella’s personification of animals like Squirrel. What does this strategy add to the text’s meaning? How does it relate to the novella’s allegorical meaning and central themes?
Read another famous allegory, like Plato’s Allegory of the Cave, Franz Kafka’s The Metamorphosis, or John Bunyan’s The Pilgrim’s Progress. Compare it to The Knight in Rusty Armor, looking for similarities in their structure, language, and themes. What do these narratives have in common? How do they use allegory to illustrate their points?
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