Famous Novelists on Symbolism in Their Work and Whether It Was Intentional
A 16 year old boy in 1963 doesn't believe his teacher that said Nathaniel Hawthorne purposely placed the deep symbolism in The Scarlet Letter. To check it out, he sent out a 4 question survey to 150 novelists. 75 responded. Above is one of Ray Bradbury's answers.
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