Blog Post 3

Farid Ud-Din Attar's The Conference of the Birds, consists of a couple of poems. Overall it these poems are an allegory for the Islamic sect, Sufism. The poem consists of many metaphors. Attar actually used the birds as metaphors for different types of sins and he gives the birds human qualities. In the story, the birds are metaphorically in search of purple and learning about spirituality. Although, the story is told in the perspective of birds, it's underlying message is one that all audiences can relate to and apply to their own lives.