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    Golding’s description of fire/smoke helps develop it as a symbol to reinforce the idea that fire/smoke establishes a source of hope. When Ralph and Piggy first land on the island, they meet up with the other boys. They choose Ralph to be their leader, in which he decides that the only way to be rescued is by making fire/smoke. Golding’s words describe how Jack starts the fire: “Almost at once a thin trickle of smoke rose up and made him cough. Jack knelt too and blew gently, so that the smoke…

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    The carp could act as however it is being portrayed as or it could mean something important to what it is being associated with. Many mythical symbols have a beginning, such as the carp. There are stories about the origin of the carp, but those are not one-hundred percent true. “The real origin of those coloured creatures was in truth, more of an accident than by any real intentions and they are truly ‘man made’” (“Origins and Myths” 1). The carp was discovered unexpectedly instead of having a…

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    Ralph wants the fire in order to get the tribe off the island, but Jack’s ego and desire to kill require Piggy to assist Ralph by giving him ideas and using the conch to keep order. Ralph makes a declaration saying,“Which is better, law and rescue, or hunting and breaking things up?”, he makes this statement in an effort to try and get everyone to be rational and realize the fire is an Integral part of their rescue. (Pg.180, William Golding) The other members of the island seem to see Jack as…

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    Raisin In The Sun Plant

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    and her children want to use it for different purposes, and this causes conflict, and much tension. Mama, in the midst of the conflicting ideas and discussions, keeps a house plant that is close to her for many reasons. The plant is a prominent symbol because it is symbolic of the hope that she still has in her family’s success. The author brings up the plant repeatedly in the play as it radiates symbolic messages at every step of the story. The plants primarily function in the story is to be…

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    Jig describes the hills across the Ebro as looking like a white elephant. A white elephant is usually a symbol representing something that is unwanted or a burden. In the eyes of the man, the baby Jig is carrying is the white elephant. Interestingly, after the abortion is indirectly brought up, Jig takes back the comment: “‘They’re lovely hills,’ she said…

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    mature situations an example of this is when 5 sparrows are shown dead on the ground and one is shown as being shot this links to the movie title “falling sparrows” as well as foreseeing the youngest boy “blue dragon” Cedric’s death by a gun the symbol of 6 boys 6 bullets shown when Cedric is hiding from the English boys as they storm the nazi bunker. this is another example of symbolism used by the director to…

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    Bahamas Research Paper

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    Face of the flag consists of black, blue, yellow color composition. Flag on the side of a black isosceles triangle; on the right side three parallel wide, the upper and lower blue, yellow for the middle. Black triangle symbol of the Bahamas people unite as one, the island of sea and land resources development and utilization; blue symbolizes the sea around the island, yellow symbolizes the island beautiful beach. Coat of arms of the Bahamas, opened in December 7, 1971…

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    The Pearl Research Paper

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    The Pearl is a symbol that changes from a wonderful gift that will save this poor family and give them a better life, then changes to this object that brings evil, death, and hate into the lives of a family, with a lust for a new life, and values that help them see the evil in this Pearl. In the book the pearl shows the way that greed, hope, and family values can change a family, the way they live and how there feelings and emotions of a family are damaged by one object. At first the pearl gave…

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    Symbolism: The T-shirt I made was showing Piggy’s role in the Island and in the first page I have shown the glasses of Piggy’s which represents his intelligence and his motivation to the civilization with every children on the Island. The color blue represents intelligence and his good thoughts. b) Characterization: The shirt is targeting the audience by saying “Your voice starts here” targeting audience by saying stand up, and look at the thoughts of Piggy in which he says “How lucky it is…

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    Symbolism is the use of a symbol to represent an idea, and it is used by many authors to help convey a message. Thanhha Lai is one of these authors. Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai is a work of historical fiction. First, Ha, her mother, and her three brothers were forced to flee their home country of Vietnam due to war. They had to face this hardship, and many to come, without the support of their loving father, who was kidnapped by Communists and disappeared. Then, they traveled aboard…

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