"It's the story of a seed," said a blonde girl in the first row.

"Well shit, you could tell that from the title," said a Mohawk-cut behind her. "But what does the seed represent?"

"You mean metaphor or symbol?" asked a tightly wound brunette from the back.

"Why can't it be just what the author tells us it is?" said a bespectacled older man.

The professor just grinned.