Hope for the Flowers

In the poem “The Lesson of The Moth”, Don Marquis tells a story of a moth, an insect that have a strange habit of being attracted to the bright light or fire. The story is being told by a fictional character named Archy who is reincarnated author. The character finds the moth trying to break into a light bulb to get the light inside; when he asks why he is doing this, the moth gives an incredibly profound statement: “It is better to be a part of beauty for one instant and then cease to exist than to exist forever and never be a part of beauty.” To me, that is almost what life should be about. If we do not have that drive to or purpose then what is the point of living?

The Holy bible tells us in details what god wants from us and how we can get the salvation. God revealed to Moises in the Sinai Hill 10 basic rules to reach salvation.

”The grasshopper and the bell cricket” is a short story, written by Yasunari Kawabata, written in a narrative perspective of someone watching children searching for insects using colored and decorated lanterns. I would like to think that the author is trying to symbolize life, and that it is not only one path to go. We are all aiming for acceptance and to fit in to the society, but this story tells us that

The Moths by Helena Maria Viramontes is a short story about a relationship between a teenage girl and her abuelita. Although, the title seems unfitting for a story about a loving relationship between family members the significance of the moths, in this story, has a much deeper meaning than one would think. Like many other aspects of the piece, the insects have a symbolic meaning in order to convey the author’s feelings during the time of her grandmother’s death. Throughout the story we see the use of multiple descriptions, settings, as well as dialogue in order to pass a message to the audience. The Moths is not only a story about death and brokenness, but a story about cures and peace. Upon further examination of this narrative, the story presents symbolic attributes about the main characters personalities, descriptions, and religious imagery that tell the story about a cure for brokenness, a rebirth of hope, and coming of age.

Seemingly, the flowers represent Elisa. She believes she is strong and tough and able to accomplish anything thrown her way; however, taken for granted as she is only a woman allowed to look and act accordingly. Surrounding the flowers is a wire fence set up to keep out predators and to separate the flowers from the rest of the farm. The wire fence is symbolic in the fact that it is identical to the world Elisa lives in. Elisa is contained within the farm, unable to explore or leave without the help of someone else. Elisa is stuck on the farm, isolated from the rest of the world so that she can be kept safe. Naive and unaware of how the world works, her husband keeps her on the farm to protect her from harm. When Elisa gives the chrysanthemum to the travelling merchant, she gives him a small piece of herself. Later, as her and her husband are driving to town, she sees the flower tossed aside as though it was nothing; as a result, she realizes she could never go off on and live the way the merchant had. The flowers embody her character still, and how out of her home without protection, the world can be harsh and cruel. In short, Elisa’s isolation leaves her ignorant, unable to understand how callous the world is, and comes to the bleak realization that she can’t live a life anywhere outside of her fence. Because of how women were treated, constantly pushed down and unable to pursue their interests, Elisa is left unable to learn what life has to offer. Learning

Through the use of hopeful repetition, Jonathon Edwards conveys to the readers optimistic thoughts the shows us how God upkeeps. . Edwards stresses the fact that God wants us to be on the right path of life “restrains” (3) from sending us into hell as in giving us a second chance. Edwards uses the word “restraint” to show how God is on our side and he expects great thing out of us, the loving side of God. Furthermore, Edwards uses the word “promise” (5) multiple times to show the readers that God is not just making a promise to let everyone into heaven. Trying to convey the theme of devoting oneself to Christ, Edwards uses the phrase “God made no promise to keep any natural man out of hell one moment” (5) as a reference that only true Christians will get into Heaven. This pressures the unconverted because it makes them think, “Should I convert so I can get into Heaven?” With this thought process in mind, Edwards also exclaims that God’s wrath is “eternal and everlasting” (10). This means that people cannot just call themselves Christians and get into Heaven. They have to show God that they

The wedge of sunshine that poured in through the tiny window on that fine August afternoon lifted the children's spirits. And a hopeful butterfly fluttered into the basement through Anna's open story as Joseph sat on the floor and read to Willy. He began by clearing his throat and then he revealed, "Far away on a warm hillside where wildflowers bloomed after summer rains there once lived a handsome black caterpillar named Max. All day long Max munched on wildflowers and grew stronger. As Max grew he watched beautiful butterflies flutter by, and he decided that he wanted to fly. So one day he ran off the end of a leaf and lifted all of his sixteen of legs. But he simply floated down and landed with a splat on his belly. Next he scampered to

The setting of Alice Walkers short story” The Flowers” is important for us, the readers to obtain a perspective of how life was like growing up for a 10 year old African American girl by the name of Myop. The title of the story is “The Flowers.” When you think about flowers, you instantly compare them to being beautiful, pure, and innocent. The title of the “The Flowers” is a symbolism that correlates to Myop who is the protagonist of the story. Myop is just like a flower in the beginning of the story. She’s a pure and innocent child but that pure innocence changes when she discovers something that’ll change her life forever.

The literary devices that May uses throughout the poem represent the understanding of the human mind. May states,“I've grown in secret.” The plants that the speaker tends to are a metaphor to illustrate self identity. By growing in secret, the speaker mind and understanding grows like a plant, unnoticed by the world. In addition, this illustrates that one’s self identity is found through the growth of understanding about one’s self. A flower is a garderns goal to achieve, as in a goal for

“The Chrysanthemums” is a short story in The Long Valley, a collection of short stories by John Steinbeck. This story dramatizes the efforts made by a housewife, Elisa Allen, to compensate for the disappointments which she has encountered in her life. Steinbeck makes it clear that Elisa yearns for something more in her life then the everyday routines of farm life. While Elisa is portrayed as strong, in the end, her strength serves to be insufficient in having the courage to effect any real change in her life since her fragile self-esteem proves to be too susceptible to outside forces.

I turned and watched the mountain disappear into the dust cloud stirred up by the car and had the odd feeling we'd left something important on the mountain. I wasn't sure what it was and it would be decades before I'd figure it out. We'd left two of my favorite people in all the world up there. Dad had dropped off a pair of child grubs who returned, a week later, a pair of moths that had escaped the confinement of their chrysalises. Steve and I, now unrecognizable as the worms we had been, came off the mountain like adult moths to fly away and forever leave our child-selves behind.

The theme of solitude shown in the poster is the drawing of half of a man and half of a woman to represent the main characters in each story. These characters chose to escape reality to take in the beauty of nature. An example of this in the poem would be “a man needs to retire from society,” saying that everyone needs to take a step away from society to restore their way of thinking, especially when something negative is going on in their life. Another example would be, “ Pinewoods stretched in every direction, fourteen beehives tucked under the trees. A girl could open a trapdoor and disappear,” again stating the idea of escaping reality to enjoy being with oneself. Transcendentalists believe that nature is powerful and is created by the strength of God, another theme in the stories. Emerson states the stars are “The rays that come from those heavenly worlds” and that they are “the city of God”. In the book, The Secret life of Bees, the Lady of Chains, Jesus’s mother Mary is everywhere in trees, rocks and people, so is God. In Nature by Emerson, the main theme of this project is in the title itself. The Symbolism used such as the sun and stars represent the light in the beauty of Nature. In The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd, common motifs such as the river and light are used to represent a part of Nature, a major theme in both

That is all that He asks of us, and it is He who gives us the power to do so. Even our desire for an improved life comes from Christ. We need not trust ourselves, for we can do nothing of ourselves. Though our outward appearance may show refinement, we have no power within to change our inner desires, our selfishness. All the hosts of heaven are enlisted to battle together with Christ in the working of your salvation. What more could we ask? "Every good and perfect gift is from above" (James 1:17). Christ alone is our true success. His love for you surpassed death, and He promises you a crown of life if you will only accept it.

     This book, in my opinion, uses many examples of symbolism and ambiguous terms and comments. It also has some great themes. Expressed examples of this are found throughout the novel. I think that this novel may have been influenced by the use of opium. In the author’s time, opium was habitually used in 5 out of 6 families. The caterpillar smoking was probably alluding to the use of opium. Also, the caterpillar talking about the mushroom would do to Alice if she ate

     Freedom is felt with none of life’s possessions or expectations influencing the lives of many. Materialism is a major factor in the lives of many people in our world. In heaven the want for others’ possessions is not felt. There is no need to worry about objects because all that could be needed is provided. There is no want or need for any tangible goods because what is provided becomes much more important. Souls are provided a wealth of knowledge worth much more than anything on earth. There is no need to worry about making a lot of money or making sure to have a secure job. There is no need to worry about a future in heaven. The status of people on earth is viewed outwardly by other people. Those in heaven see the opposite, viewing the inner person. Once in heaven, the content of your beliefs, values, and morals are judged, not the content of your house or bank account. Also, appearances do not