Metaphor continuity · three chains · one thread never explained

Symbols across halls

Each symbol is three things: the image in the story, the part of a person it names, and the change it files in the body. Follow one across halls. Never explain the last thread.

3 halls · containers

Door

Metaphor
Entry, exit, a rectangular hole, a door that opens outward (you must step back).
To the person
The part that stands in a doorway arranging the room instead of going in or out.
How it generates change
Auctioning the door while living in the house = you can lose the old access and still be at home. A door that opens outward trains you to step back so something can arrive.
Eight Days
  • A blade sleeps in a floorboard and does not dream of doors.
  • Warmth is a key. Honour is a key. Relief is a key. The door is already the door.
  • A clipboard stands in a doorway for four years and never learns chemistry.
  • A door is a door. Good. A door.
The Man Who Sold His Own Furniture
  • A door with no house around it, standing in a field.
  • The room as a door in a field.
The Hundredth Floor

Present. Working underneath.