The Fourth Turning: An American Prophecy
What metaphors are used in The Fourth Turning: An American Prophecy by William Strauss?
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The whole narrative is a metaphor for cycles of history. The authors argue that history runs in generational cycles, rather than in a linear progression as most people today imagine it.