"Then it's open to interpretation."

"If it's not specific satire, or something the author is noted for writing about."

"That's why I never read about the author."

"But once you know an author and know that's his definition, can you interpret it differently and still be correct?

"I suppose if he uses a word to mean something specific then that's what he must mean."

"So what if it is? Is it then mininterpreted if in all his works he uses a seed to represent George Bush or something and someone reads it as just a seed?"