enveloping action definition
In a finished work of art, the perception of the controlling image and the enveloping action is the surest way to ensure that the reader understands the story as well as the writer of the story. The actions proper are the many, the enveloping action the one; the appearance and the reality. Every fictive work of art is a metaphor for a universal action. In the end, A Worn Path is a metaphor for the way a writer works.