Feather and Krell
By ice rivers
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Father Lucien Feather had taken great pains to explain to his English class the difference between allusion, illusion and delusion.
After explaining abusive allusion as a form of false accusation, Feather shifted to illustrations of illusion and delusion
He related the famous story of the dog named Humbert who walked into a movie theater while the film was playing. The dog didn't realize that the movie was an illusion created by film, light, darkness and sound. The dog thought that the image of the full moon and the werewolf on the screen was real. The dog began to howl at the moon and then charged the screen in order to protect the audience including his Mistress Dolores from the furry, snarling monstrosity that was posing a threat to everyone.
Feather explained that he was ALLUDING to the film "The Wolfman". The folks in the audience, frightened as they might have been were certain that no wolf man was in th theater nor was the moon in the room. The dog, unaware of either allusion or illusion thought the illusioin was real and thus was experiencing the same delusion that any mentally disturbed person might have if they had been waitching the same movie and believed that it was real and that a wolfman was in the theater and that the outside of the theater was actually the inside of the theater.
Thornton Krell, sitting in the exact middle of the class understood precisely what Father Feather was talking about and was impressed by the clarity of Feather's explanation. He momentarily turned his back on Feather and winked at the moron behind him to indicate that "for once Old Feather was on the mark."
Feather, focusing on the middle of the class noticed the momentary display of inattention. He decided to use this moment to deliver a message to the whole class although he focused his corrective yey on Krell.
"Some people," began Feather, "need to figure out when to pay attention and when to waste time with your friends."
Krell, feeling falsely accused, raised hiis hand and even before Feather called on him Krell observed, "when you said 'some people' were you alluding to me?"
" Thornton, I noticed you but I was speaking to the entire class and you were the example that I used,"
Krell rose to the occasion. "Well Father, let's face it, your allusion was chosen out of foolish, defensive verbosity when direct meaning would have been more appropriate. What you did is not only a misuse of allusion but also an abuse."
The astonished priest was taken back for a moment until he regained his fake composure and said:
"Thornton, that is a perfect example of exactly what I was trying to convey in my lesson for today."
And with that, the bell ranf.
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