The accounts are characterised by extensive use of allegory, metaphor, parable, hyperbole, and personification. In the interpretation of the parable of the sower (Mark 4&colon;13-20 par. A true parable may be regarded as an extended simile. He decides to answer Saladin's question with a "fairy tale", the so-called "ring parable". The film is a nostalgic parable about faith. A Midrash explained the specificity of with a parable. Foster describes the ending as a "parable". The strong man in this parable represents Satan. It also recalls the parable of the Good Samaritan. Well, when Jesus explains the parable. Nancy B. Rich of McCullers herself called the novel "an ironic parable of Fascism". Channel 4 describes the first episode as "a twisted parable for the Twitter age". Many see as the model for the Samaritan's neighborly behavior in the parable. This early story set the stage for Hemingway's famous 1927 parable 'The Killers'. Many scholars refer to it as a Hindu parable.