A Language Older Than Words
What metaphors are used in A Language Older Than Words by Derrick Jensen?
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The stars are a God-like metaphor. It is the stars that Jensen says helped to keep him alive as a child. He says these stars spoke to him and told him that his abusive circumstances were not normal and that he was a good child and was loved.