Meaning and interpretation is not the same
People believe that they know what things mean due to how they interpreted what they have seen, heard or read.
I guess I’ll bust your bubble.
Meaning states or shows what is.
Interpretation shows how you perceived.
Example:
’ the bird flew to the sun and kept the gloomy rain behind eternally ’
Some might interpret this as the bird trying to escape problems or looking towards the bright side of life (optimistic)
But let’s look deeper at the meaning.
First, the bird is not alive. We see this due to the fact the bird *flew* (pass tense) - *To* the sun and due to the word *Eternally* means what has happen last forever. and the words *kept* - *behind* lets know this is not the first time the rain rained on the bird. The word *gloomy* (means dark or poorly lit, especially so as to appear depressing or frightening. )
So what is being said? The bird killed it’s self due to the depressing or frightening- not life, but rain that kept occurring. Yeah the bird was foolish, if you ask me. Mainly because rain doesn’t last forever… Nevertheless, hopefully one is able to now notice that meaning is not the same as interpretation.