In a novel, when an author introduces a character, they are placing it in a constellation with all of the other characters in view, essentially positing that the sum of those in view compose a complete understanding. The second dimension of interpretation is the motion of event, which does the same by creating a sequence, rather than a constellation. So the composition is associating things which are divided, and the progression is dividing things which are associated. Both working to assert the claim that the synthesis, whether constellation or sequence, creates a complete spirit.
