Symbolism can be found in your dreams and everyday real life. Whether it is present in a piece of art, in a book, or in a movie; symbolism’s main goal is to provide a deeper meaning. Symbols are often repeated throughout a story and their meanings are not always clear (Duckart). Critical thinking may be required to decipher a symbol, but getting a story, or artworks full message is only accomplished by reading in between the lines. Movies and art work in the same way as books, they don’t rely on surface details to tell a message. Symbolism is a person, place or thing that is used to represent something else. Although symbolism is not located in every piece of literature, it is common in most, especially fiction. Symbolism is diverse, relevant
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In “The Sound of Thunder” Eckles changed the entire future by destroying the symbolic element. This situation was specific to the protagonist who in the beginning seemed unbreakable, but, in the end proved to be weak. “Writers don’t simply assign arbitrary meanings to items in their stories; generally, a horse is a horse and a hammer is just a hammer. Sometimes, though, an object means something more to a character. Think of the flower in ‘The Chrysanthemums’” (Kennedy and Gioia 262). In the story, the chrysanthemums reflect the protagonist’s inner emotions. Her husband who seems to be uninterested in her garden wishes she could come help him grow apples, but Elisa enjoys tending to her garden much more. When an older gentleman came along and saw interest in Elisa’s flowers she immediately became alive again. When she finally thought she found someone interested in her work she was happy, but she was quickly let down by the end of the story when she saw the chrysanthemums on the side of the road. The man had simply manipulated her to get money for food, and this crushed her more than anything due to the significance of the flowers. While the flowers were the only things that kept Elisa going they also showed the reader how depressed and alone Elisa
In “The Sound of Thunder” Eckles changed the entire future by destroying the symbolic element. This situation was specific to the protagonist who in the beginning seemed unbreakable, but, in the end proved to be weak. “Writers don’t simply assign arbitrary meanings to items in their stories; generally, a horse is a horse and a hammer is just a hammer. Sometimes, though, an object means something more to a character. Think of the flower in ‘The Chrysanthemums’” (Kennedy and Gioia 262). In the story, the chrysanthemums reflect the protagonist’s inner emotions. Her husband who seems to be uninterested in her garden wishes she could come help him grow apples, but Elisa enjoys tending to her garden much more. When an older gentleman came along and saw interest in Elisa’s flowers she immediately became alive again. When she finally thought she found someone interested in her work she was happy, but she was quickly let down by the end of the story when she saw the chrysanthemums on the side of the road. The man had simply manipulated her to get money for food, and this crushed her more than anything due to the significance of the flowers. While the flowers were the only things that kept Elisa going they also showed the reader how depressed and alone Elisa