The story seems self-conscious, heavy-handed in its intimations of meaning via symbols, preoccupied not with its characters but with its intention of being larger than itself.
This is a story that uses symbolism to achieve an effect.
This was a work of non-fiction that contained no characters or literary devices.
The 18th century cloisters are all that remains next to the ruins of the Romanesque church.
She taught at New York University.
A human has clothes on.
There is snow on a sunny day.
A kid is building a sand-castle.
I have never had to shovel the driveway.