Allegory as a means to tell my stories.
Focus:
Why I chose allegory
Allegory is a brilliant way to express profound, meaningful truth inside a story. I love stories and fantasy world-building, creating characters, and seeing where they end up as I write. I have a deep longing to speak spiritual truths that carry moral weight. I am a man who loves God, and I want to talk into the world we live in today through story.
Allegory is a brilliant way of speaking gospel truth through story. I am overt with my allegory, but I am story first, allegory second. Are my characters perfect? No, do they fail? Yes. They struggle in the narrative against various trials and temptations. But my characters are centred on hope, which points towards God.
Why can my story reach people?
When we read about characters like us who fail, we can connect with them. The beasts in my book lie and twist truth to suit themselves. I write them as ugly, twisted, and menacing because that is how life is sometimes, and it most certainly is how sin looks. It is never beautiful, but a faithful person who trusts God is.
Why lies and truth are easier to see in symbolic form
It is never popular to point out things like false mercy, how the vulnerable can be seen as an inconvenience rather than being cared for. Allegory can point to tough things through narrative.
This can attract readers who love Bunyan, Lewis, and moral fantasy.
By Daniel J.York
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