An Analysis Of Symbolism In Hanging Fire By Andre Lorde

In analyzation, the connotation aspect of this poem is how women during this time, specifically white women, used their power over black men and their freedom. Although the texts’ literal interpretation, or denotation,

To begin with, the author’s implementation of short sentence fragments throughout the poem illustrates the exasperation and frustration bottled up in women in response to

Symbolism plays a huge role in the story “A Wall of Fire Rising” because Edwidge Danticat, the author, uses objects and characters to help represent qualities of the story. Danticat adds meaning to these symbols in a way that it becomes engaging to the readers. The s

A massive, air filled balloon wandering mindlessly in the sky thousands of feet high is likely what comes to mind when you think of hot air balloons, but this is not the case in the story “A Wall of Fire Rising.” In this story, the hot air balloon mentioned has such a deeper meaning to Guy. Characteristics of hot air balloons include being filled with air, but hollow, free-flying, and non-stationary. These four characteristics define the symbol in a whole other light; they describe hopefulness, entrapment, destiny, unattainable freedom and escape. As the story evolves Guy’s perspective and the meanings on the symbol changes as well. Hot air balloons can be classified as filled with air, hollow, free-flying, and non-stationary.

In the memoir Night, Elie Wiesel goes through the worst experience of his life along with his father- they are taken to Nazi-German concentration camps during the Holocaust. Wiesel turns his painful story into an acclaimed work of nonfiction. The Jews lost their humanity through prolonged periods of starvation, beatings, murders, separation of families, and theft of their belongings. Throughout the book, dehumanization grows and slowly begins to exhaust the Jews while they are also drowned in fear and witnessing millions of deaths taking place. He does this by conveying how the fire not only consumed the lives of many but their fears and hope as well, dehumanizing all Jews. Through the symbolism of fire, Wiesel conveys how the violence of the

The half lemon the Lili keeps beside her mat in Edwidge Danticat’s short story, “Wall of Fire Rising,” represents a clean slate. When “she smooth[s] the lemon of her ashen legs,” (64) Lili is rubbing away the dirt, germs, and pain; giving her a clean slate to write on tomorrow. The lemon is softly washing the hate and anxiety that being alive comes with and allows Lili to peacefully slumber. Guy also uses this lemon to say goodbye to his wife the night before he jumps out of the balloon. He “‘would like to be the one to rub that piece of lemon on [her] knees tonight’” (75). This is his way of telling her that he wants Lili to have a better life than what he could give her, that he is sorry, and that he is erasing his mistakes to allow her a

In addition to mirroring life, the Sea of Flames sets the stage for Doerr’s most pervasive yet inconspicuous analogy. When asked what he wants readers to take away from his novel, Doerr replies “that war is more complicated than they [the readers] might have thought, that there were civilians on both sides making really complicated moral decisions, [...] [that] little miracles” sprouted in the least expected of places (Schulman 27). The Sea of Flames is a central messenger for this theme at individual points of the novel but also in its overarching structure. The reader is first introduced to the Sea of Flames when it is housed at the National Museum of Natural History in Paris, marked only by “an iron door with a single keyhole,” a series ending with a “thirteenth [...] no bigger than a shoe.” (Doerr 19-20). All the Light We Cannot See is partitioned into fourteen fragments- but it is labeled zero through thirteen. Just as passing through each door brings one closer to the gem, Doerr seeks to guide his reader through the locked gates of compassion and conflict to arrive at his own gem, which is revealed after passing through the thirteenth gate, into the last chapter of the novel, as Marie-Laure contemplates all the invisible electromagnetic waves, “ten thousand I miss yous, fifty thousand I love yous” passing “over the scarred and ever-shifting landscapes.” Transient messages connecting ephemeral people who eventually fall away, like the Sea of Flames, and “rise again

In William Golding’s Lord of the Flies, he shows what he believe is truly hidden in people in a series of ideas and symbols hidden in people and objects. The symbolism of the fire, the conch and Piggy’s glasses are important for the message in the book.

Audre Lorde: “For women, then, poetry is not a luxury. It is a vital necessity of our existence.”

In the poem Hanging Fire by Audre Lorde, the author uses poetic devices like tone and refrain to develop the coming of age theme. The author uses tone as a poetic device to build up the coming of age theme. For instance in lines 6-7 the author states, “how come my knees are/always so ashy” (Lorde line 6-7). This is a valuable quote because it uses imagery and tone to describe the author’s feelings towards her knees. She describes them and even describes the tone by saying “how come” they have to be that way, which suggests that she is unhappy with the way they look.

By the end of the poem the women narrating have been through various trials and tribulations stemming from growing up, falling in love, racial identity, and much more. Although the play is sad, but the women in this play display unsurpassable strength and fortitude as they work their way through their hardships. By overcoming their struggles they learn to appreciate their race, gender, and unique beauty, and turn to each other for solace and support. In the very last poem in the story, the women open themselves up to the power of female spirituality, allowing this god to fill them and provide them with a sense of empowerment and solidarity. The shared experiences allow the women to grow as human beings and finally embrace who they are together. “I found god in myself and I loved her; I loved her fiercely” (Shange

     There were a few interesting lines in the poem that were particularly well written. When the mother is denying her kid the right to march, she says “For I fear

As she left the burning building, five questions entered her mind; where was she, who was she, who were those people, why did they do this to her, and why couldn’t she walk?

I also like how Osa is direct and enthusiastic about being a feminist. There are female artists who deny the title because it seems too radical, but when asked if she’s a feminist, Osa almost takes it as an affirmation by responding with “hell yeah.” The way she explains how one can blend feminism with anti-consumerism to make it practical and accessible for more people is truly genius and revolutionary. Women shouldn’t have to buy certain products or mimic men to be seen as equal. Additionally, I like how Osa states the different types of love she has for women as her declaration shows the variety of communities to which a woman can belong. This attitude is also reflective of the Riot Grrrl movement.

It is told from her point of view. The speaker is a housewife who is fed up. During this time, her point of view can easily be associated with the idea of feminism. The poet chooses to write in her own point of view because it makes relating to ideas of feminism much easier. She is challenging domesticity and the idea that women should be perfectly fit into this gender bias role.