In this story called Katha Upanishasd we see how the story can be an a allegory. And how much Nachiketa symbolizes what's best about being a teenager. And how death appears as a character in the story as a human a person and not an idea. Allegory is a story poem or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning typically immoral or a political one. First what makes it classified as a allegory is how death appears as a character in the story Death actually appears as a person / thing not as an idea. In the story he can grant wishes and he has a place where you can find them like human. Very different from what I know. Supposedly that is he's kind of like the devil but not really because in the story they call him death. In the story Death tells Nachiketa that he can have three boons which are wishes and out of all those wishes he one of them is that he wants to know what happens after death....
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