What Does The Old Man And The Sea Symbolize

Symbolism is often used in many stories and novels. A symbol is something that stands for something else. These two things are typically very unrelated and different, but the symbol usually holds a very important lesson. In the book Old Man and the Sea, there are many symbols. One symbol that stood out to me was the mast that the old man carries. This mast is very heavy and he can hardly carry it, but this mast is his life, his life of fishing. This mast symbolizes the sin and burdens we carry throughout our life, and it symbolizes pain we have to go through sometimes because of who we choose to be. The mast Santiago carries compares him to Jesus carrying the cross. Both men can hardly with stand the weight of what they are carrying because of the struggles they have both just went through; but both men continue on because what they are carrying means so much to who they are. A symbol in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is the river Huck and Jim are travelling on. This river symbolizes freedom for these two men. Huck …show more content…
Pearl’s attire is always bright colors. This symbolizes how wild and free Pearl is. It symbolizes that Pearl is different from the other kids because the other kids don’t wear bright clothing like Pearl and the others kids have two legitimate children, unlike her. These bright clothes symbolize the fact that the sin Hester committed can’t be hidden. Another symbol in The Scarlett Letter is the rose bush outside of the prison. This rose bush symbolizes how something beautiful can grow up even around a bunch of dullness, and that positive things can come from something bad, essentially this rose bush symbolizes Pearl. This rose bush is right beside a prison and it is something everyone sees when they are entering and exiting the prison. Pearl is a child that was unplanned and her father isn’t her mother’s husband. Even though Pearl was conceived through a sin, she is still a beautiful