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    Steinbeck uses symbolism in settings such as the Salinas Riverbank, Crooks’ room and the barn to foreshadow major conflicts in the story as well as to convey loneliness, isolation, dreams and discrimination. Through the Salinas Riverbank, Steinbeck questions the viability of George and Lennie’s dream and shows how the Salinas Riverbank is free from loneliness in three key moments. The first key moment occurs when the Salinas Riverbank is first introduced. In this moment, Steinbeck uses symbolism…

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    Sara Low Symbolism

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    11th 2001. All flight attendants are given airline wings and they show a symbol of pride for the people who wear them.Sara’s wings now symbolize whole new meaning for her family and have impacted the lives of many different people. The wings’ symbolism has changed dramatically over time. When Sara Low first got her wings it states in the article in paragraph 2 that her dad told a group of people at the memorial service that Sara felt so much pride in her wings with all of her training,…

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    Fire Rising Symbolism

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    In “A Wall of Fire Rising” by Edwidge Danticat, throughout the story is rife with symbolism. Everything from the characters’ mannerisms to their actions they take throughout the story, and even the focal main character’s name to be interpreted as a form of symbolism. Even down to the name of the story could be of symbolic gesture of things to come in the story. When looking at the focal main character’s name, the one we get the best perspective from Guy. His name to be taken as several…

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    Symbolism In The Bell Jar

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    The Bell Jar, written by Sylvia Plath, is an outstanding piece of work that focuses on the story of a young woman developing into adult. However, it does not follow the usual procedures of adolescent development into adulthood. Rather than undergoing the progressive education about the world affairs and making a transitioning into adulthood, Esther takes a step back and regresses into madness. All the beginnings of this lady are usually disastrous and disorienting including her first time in New…

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    In the story “Through the Tunnel” Jerry decides to go off on his own to new places. These new places symbolizes something different. Through the description of the settings of the beach, bay, and tunnel, you can find symbolism of coming of age and maturity into adultery. The beach symbolizes childhood. Jerry doesn’t have to worry about anything because his mother is watching him. He can play with no care in the world. The descriptions of the setting that lead me to think the beach symbolizes…

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    A Christmas Carol by, the talented author, Charles Dickens, is a fiction story about the ghosts of Scrooge’s Christmas Past, Present, as well as Future and his journey to become a kind and loving person. If I were in charge of designing a flag that would symbolically represent an important aspect of the novel A Christmas Carol, the one element I would include in my flag design would be a path leading two directions. In the story, Scrooge is warned by Marley’s Ghost during a sudden visit about…

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    Junot Symbolism

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    Although it’s very to lose hope with the battles Yunior faces in life, Junot Diaz always maintains to keep the character full of hope and always keeps an open mind about everything, making him optimistic and full of life. It’s understandable that you may believe this story is pessimistic in numerous ways. For example, he does fall off the grid for a while when he begins selling drugs and hanging out with the wrong crowd. Also, how the relationship between Yunior and Rafa isn’t the best…

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    Symbolism The Road

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    In Cormac McCarthry’s novel The Road, the man, who believes God has entrusted him to protect the boy from the evils and dangers of the world, is in a constant struggle between life and death. McCarthy depicts the man as a hardy character with a sensitive side towards his son. The man, struggling to survive for the sake of the boy, is ruthless, suffering, and protective. If he is pushed to his limit, the man can be ruthlessly violent. For instance, he and the boy were hiding behind an…

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    Symbolism In Janie's '

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    Quote 1: Janie understands the concepts of marriage. The bee’s represent the male figure while the flower represents the female figure making love. The bees are known to help flowers reproduce by spreading the pollen from one flower to another. This interaction between the bee and flower symbolizes love and introduces Janie to sex. This causes her to want a relationship, making this her horizon. This represents Janie’s sexuality. (67 Words) Quote 2: Janie looks at the tree with the bees and…

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    Symbolism In The Birthmark

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    In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s short story “The Birthmark” delves into the lives of a man of science and a beautiful woman during the eighteenth century. Aylmer who is one of the main characters of the story dedicated his life to scientific studies where as his love for his wife Georgiana may only interweaving with his destiny. Shortly after their marriage a birthmark on Georgiana’s left cheek leaves her husband infatuated with eradicating it. Throughout the years before Georgiana had…

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