Symbol

Suzanne Collins employs several literary devices to further clarify the themes in Catching Fire. Collins depends on motifs such as food , media and surveillance ,secrets and traps as well as symbolism, foreshadowing and allegory to further link the events together . In a literary work, a motif is" an image, sound, action or other figures that have a symbolic significance and contributes toward the development of theme" ("Motif"). Suzanne Collins uses several motifs to assist in the…

"Harrison Bergeon” is connected to the book, How to Read Literature Like a Professor in many ways. Politics, violence, and blindness are chapters of How to Read Literature Like a Professor. These chapters are important and are reflected in the story of “Harrison Bergeon.” Violence, blindness, and politics are all shown in the story of “Harrison Bergeon.” The government is controlling, violence is shown to be the answer, and blindness is shown among many characters. In the story “Harrison…

I’ve been planted in a pot My roots are welded to the soil My buds are blossoming But I am fed fertilizer named Hindering Eventually these petals will be a memory My existence dust (A Marginalized Rose) These words by Francisco DH in his poem ‘A Marginalized Rose’ illuminates the mental and emotional condition of the marginalized groups and draws a picture upon the cruel social system, that disconnect a particular group from the mainstream culture and hinder their growth. Marginalization is the…

Honors Essay Prompts form The Lord of the Flies 1. Explain the symbolism of Conch shell and how it relates to Piggy’s death In The Lord of the Flies, the conch shell plays an important role on how the kids organize themselves and how they decide their rules. Piggy thought of the idea of blowing the conch to unite everyone on the island, and told Ralph to do it. The noise of the conch was so powerful that all of the kids on the island started to respect the conch and the one who blew the conch…

There are many instances in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, where flowers symbolize the character that grows them. The flowers and their meanings are connected to the way the character that grows them presents themselves. Harper Lee purposely set the book up this way so the reader could see the somewhat hidden connection. Three instances where characters connect to the flowers they grow are, Miss Maudie Atkinson and her azaleas; Mayella Violet Ewell and her geraniums; Mrs. Henry…

Grendel’s Zodiac Sign Gardner manages to create the multidimensional character, Grendel, through a book that falls under two-hundred pages long. Gardner develops Grendel’s persona quickly and precisely with the use of Zodiac signs assigned to each chapter. Zodiac signs automatically give the readers the power to predict Grendel’s thoughts, actions and responses to the human world. Each chapter is assigned a zodiac sign depending on the Monster, Grendel’s thoughts. For example, the setting for…

Symbolism is a literary device that plays a big part in making a piece of poetry more interesting, well, it at least helps to catch the reader's attention. Samuel Coleridge uses this kind of representation in, "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner". This poem is about an Ancient Mariner who stops a wedding guest on his way to a wedding reception with two friends. As the guest tries to get away from the Ancient Mariner, he pressures him to listen to his tale. In “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner”, the…

I speculate that the show Gravity Falls is a metaphor of the 2016 election. From what I know, Li'l Gideon represents Trump, where he had white hair and seen in a suit. He is a fraud, a metaphor of Trump who uses lies to manipulate people, especially whites to support him. The Pines represents the Democratic party. Mabel herself serves Clinton. At the beginning of the series, we see Mabel and Li'l Gideon dating, eventually breaking up. The break-up is a metaphor to Trump and Clinton announcing…

Many of today’s advertisements in America are trying to sell power to the consumers. With the goal to make profit and have consumers fall in love with products and services, advertisers make sure that they can persuade buyers to purchase their products. Numerous advertisements emphasize the importance of aristocracy and upper social class in their advertisements to stress the necessity of power to stand above the high social standards rather than the luxury of power that does not push many to…

First In his afterword to Lord of the Flies, E.L. Epstein claims that the Lord of the Flies is “the central symbol itself” (205). Do you agree that this Beelzebub character is indeed the most significant symbol in Golding’s book? If so, why does Golding choose to include the Lord of the Flies in his novel? What function does it serve in the text? If not, what is the most important symbol in Lord of the Flies? The conch? Piggy’s glasses? Lord of the Flies is a book by William Golding. In the…