Christian symbolism

The biblical allegories and symbolisms in The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe Many books in the world contain their own meanings by many symbols in their stories. And they affect the readers to think and imagine about the symbols. After we realize the meaning of those symbols, then we learn some information from those meaning. But, can you believe that a story you have read contains the stories from bible? If you read The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, then you would have learned the…

approximately a population of 300 people. The narrator starts off the story stating that it was a clear and sunny day, with green grass and blossoming flowers. The author used the setting to create atmosphere and mood, underscore irony and also to show symbolism. As the reader starts reading the story, they think it is going to be a good normal day but it ends up being a day full of evil and violence. The Lottery has a cultural aspect to it. It shows how people will blindly follow traditions…

The Fate of Tessie Hutchinson The term lottery creates a vision of winning something of value. In the short story, “The Lottery,” by Shirley Jackson, Jackson took the meaning of the lottery and put a dark twist to it. Jackson gives an everyday feel to the story as if the annual ceremony “the lottery” is a peaceful day for the townspeople. The reader infers that this is a positive outcome based on society’s understanding of what a lottery is; however, the lottery takes an unforeseen twist that…

reader is left out with many doubts and suspense about what would have been Connie’s fate, did she get raped? Did she get murdered by a serial predator? In where are you going, where have you been? Joyce Carol Oates employs figurative language, symbolism to say that to create conscience that being all crazy about boys and trusting people who may seem to be nice at first, can bring serious consequences, sometimes…

That is known as the term symbolism. Symbolism is a figure of speech that is used when an author wants to create a certain mood or emotion in a work of literature. It is the use of an object, person, situation, or word to represent something else, like an idea, in literature. Symbolism is everywhere; authors often use different symbols to represent a particular concept. Often in stories, authors will use an object or event to symbolize something greater than itself. Symbolism is also used to…

O’Brien does an excellent job of using various literary elements to develop a theme of the emotional and physical burdens soldiers endure. The two main literary elements that develop this theme most clearly are his uses of character, and use of symbolism. In “The Things They Carried”, Tim O’Brien narrates a story in first person about being drafted into the army and fighting in Vietnam. He tells us of a man who left a girl he loved. He tells us of all the physical items his squadron had to…

In Things Fall Apart and Poisonwood Bible there are so many symbols analyzing the book. Symbols are a person, place, or thing helped to represent a bigger picture. These symbols are made to help create meanings within stories, to help represent something, or create a metaphor in literary pieces. However symbols can have various meanings whether it vivid or deep. For example black is usually use to symbolize something bad such as death or evil. To find out these symbols you have to analyze the…

All throughout Catcher in the Rye, the author, J.D. Salinger,uses symbolism to show some kind of quality about Holden. So far, there are three things that truly symbolize Holden. His red hunting hat, the ducks in Central Park, and Allie’s baseball mitt. Each one of these objects are important to him one way or another. His red hat could be used as a shield, to hide himself or protect himself. When he comes to New York, he asks about the ducks, that could represent his life. Finally, Allie’s…

Will Leach Mrs.Bademan ½ A Lord of the Flies Literary Analysis In the book Lord of the Flies, William Golding, depicts the recreation and destruction a of society by a group of young boys. Throughout their journey on the island, the boy’s fight about how to run their civilization. Throughout this fighting, two main coalitions of boys emerge, with each one with their own respective leader Ralph, and Jack. The fighting through a sequence of escalating events eventually descends into complete…

though and shows him love, the love he really needs. This is actually not a love story though; it is a story about hardship and depression. In this story there is a constant use motifs such as hardship, sadness and love with descriptive imagery and symbolism to catch the attention of the readers and generate the theme of everyone has their tough times. The constant use of motifs in this story helps produce other literary devices such as the theme. A common motif in this story is affection and…