The metaphor of Exodus is one that has dogged the Jews from the outset. Their very success attracts resentment.
A novel’s whole pattern is rarely apparent at the outset of writing, or even at the end; that is when the writer finds out what a novel is about, and the job becomes one of understanding and deepening or sharpening what is already written. That is finding the theme.
A fraudulent intent, however carefully concealed at the outset, will generally, in the end, betray itself.
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