Triple-Entry Journal
TERM - Symbolism - When something stands for both itself and a larger idea or concept
EXAMPLE - “I saw my life branching out before me like the green fig tree in the story. From,the tip of every branch like a fat purple fig, a wonderful future beckoned and winked … I saw myself sitting in the crotch of the fig tree, starving to death,” (Plath 77).
FUNCTION - In The Bell Jar. Sylvia Plath implies that without proper communication, problems can fester and become more severe. Esther Greenwood is hopeless in her life and future, and she claims she has no idea what to do. She is surrounded by talented people who already know what they wish to do, or are already set for life. When she is daydreaming in a UN meeting, she sees …show more content…
This tree is an example of symbolism since it stands for both itself and a larger idea or concept.The fig tree symbolizes both itself, and Esther’s feeling of hopelessness and indecisiveness. Esther knows that she can do basically anything she wants, but she doesn’t feel right about choosing any single future because she feels that if she pursues one bright future, she will lose every other one. Esther starving to death is just her interpretation of her losing all hope. Eventually in her symbolism, the figs all die, because she didn't pick one, and in turn she dies as well. This piece of symbolism is extremely significant because it displays how Esther, despite being talented and having the world at her fingertips, cannot choose what she wants to do, and in her indecisiveness, she is instead given nothing. The symbolism shows Esther;s own view on her future, and how dark it seems. The symbolism develops Esther further as a character, which solidifies the fact that she almost wants to fail in life. Esther is extremely bothered by her hopelessness, and sadness, but she chooses to keep her feeling to
TERM - Symbolism - When something stands for both itself and a larger idea or concept
EXAMPLE - “I saw my life branching out before me like the green fig tree in the story. From,the tip of every branch like a fat purple fig, a wonderful future beckoned and winked … I saw myself sitting in the crotch of the fig tree, starving to death,” (Plath 77).
FUNCTION - In The Bell Jar. Sylvia Plath implies that without proper communication, problems can fester and become more severe. Esther Greenwood is hopeless in her life and future, and she claims she has no idea what to do. She is surrounded by talented people who already know what they wish to do, or are already set for life. When she is daydreaming in a UN meeting, she sees …show more content…
This tree is an example of symbolism since it stands for both itself and a larger idea or concept.The fig tree symbolizes both itself, and Esther’s feeling of hopelessness and indecisiveness. Esther knows that she can do basically anything she wants, but she doesn’t feel right about choosing any single future because she feels that if she pursues one bright future, she will lose every other one. Esther starving to death is just her interpretation of her losing all hope. Eventually in her symbolism, the figs all die, because she didn't pick one, and in turn she dies as well. This piece of symbolism is extremely significant because it displays how Esther, despite being talented and having the world at her fingertips, cannot choose what she wants to do, and in her indecisiveness, she is instead given nothing. The symbolism shows Esther;s own view on her future, and how dark it seems. The symbolism develops Esther further as a character, which solidifies the fact that she almost wants to fail in life. Esther is extremely bothered by her hopelessness, and sadness, but she chooses to keep her feeling to