Which excerpt are we referring to with this?
A book was the first ever object that the martian was able to describe. The book was compared to the Caxton. The martian described the Caxton as having a lot of wings and the wings serve as the pages of the book.
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A literary or contextual symbol can be a setting, character, action, object, name, or anything else that maintains literal significance
It is the largest explosion that takes place in space. A supernova is the explosion of a star.
