To go beyond this page, you need Internet Explorer or Netscape. (Opera will not work.) It is common to say or think "On another level, this means... something quite different."  But what is that other level (or levels), and how can we begin to be aware of it (or them)? It is useful to figure out some basic structure, some method to unravel meaning that isn't restricting.  Here is one such method.  If you want to involve yourself in this discussion, you have 3 choices: Here is a true story, an example of different levels of meaning, that focuses the problem. It is the gateway to an extended discussion of levels of meaning .  It's a story of two high school students. It shows why levels of meaning are important to understand. You can go directly to the extended discussion of levels, skipping the story. You go jump to a summary of the strategy of levels, skipping both the story and the discussion.