otherwise be possible. The actual author of the book makes no assertions of his own. He merely reports what another has thought and said. Even this other does not simply lay out his opinions. He again tells stories. He tells of his experiences, and shows how, through them, he came to see things in certain ways. Often he offers only questions. At great length he even pretends to be someone else, namely the famous King Solomon. All of these devices are literary techniques that free the readers to think