Therefore, it was not a realistic work in a strict sense, but the one full of modern flavor mixed by symbol, metaphor, dreams, absurdness and mythological mode.

因此，它不是一部严格意义上的现实主义作品，而是运用象征、隐喻、梦幻、荒诞和神话模式构建出来的一部极富现代意味的作品。

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So when he had the opportunity to create the MMO, Marvel Heroes, he leapt on it faster than a speeding mixed metaphor.

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