How Societal Pressures Affect Individuals Within War Torn Environments

For example, in the Great Gatsby, George and Mrytle live in a place called the Valley of Ashes which symbolizes that their marriage is dead which allows Gatsby to try and steal Mrytle away from George. Another use of symbolism in The Great Gatsby is associating the color white with Daisy throughout the book to show that she is pure and perfect in the mind of Gatsby which is caused by his blindness to see that she has parasitic tendencies.. The Jelly-Bean uses symbolism in a similar way by making Nancy represent false happiness in Jim's heart which eventually lead to him being heartbroken because he was blinded by the idea of how perfect he thought she was similar to Gatsby. When the two females are symbolized it helps further the theme by creating the concept of that they aren't just characters in a story but also lessons to be learned and retained after the story is over. Overall the use of symbolism sets up the possibility for the reader to further understand a certain characters impact on another either emotionally or

In the short story “The Things They Carried”, Tim O’Brien wrote about the experience of war and the feelings young soldiers felt during their long days of travel. During the story he keeps referring back to the things the soldiers chose to carry in their packs. Some of these items included necessity items like grenades and ammunition, but they also carry sentimental items like love letters and pictures. These items help the reader better understand each person for who they are and help us to understand the physical situation the soldiers are in. In “The Things They Carried”, Tim O’Brien describes the item the soldiers carry in their packs and the emotional weight they carry to help give a better

Symbolism in literature is using an object to portray a different, deeper meaning in a story. Symbols represent ideas or qualities that the author has maneuvered into his or her story that has meaning. There can be multiple symbols in a story or just one. It is up to the reader to interpret the meaning of the symbols and their significance to the story. While reading a story, symbols may not become clear until the very end, once the climax is over, and the falling action is covered. In William Faulkner’s, “A Rose for Emily,” there are multiple examples of symbolism that occur throughout the story.

Similar to Mandela, Tim O’Brien accentuates the changes one goes through, specifically when entering into an uncontrollable and traumatic state of military operations. Captured in Tim O’Brien’s novel The Things They Carried, the physical objects brought into combat often reflect the mental, emotional, and physical transformations one might undergo during their experiences in battle. Rat Kiley, the fun loving member of the platoon, drops his candy, comic books, and light energy as his mental state becomes darker and darker when his best friend dies. Correspondingly, Mary Anne Bell loses her innocence and necklace she once had as she spends time learning about the enigmas of combat. Though most people will never directly be involved in warfare,

"The Things They Carried," is a story about drafted soldiers during the Vietnam era who were sent to the Vietnam War. The author, Tim O’Brien, describes the things that the men carry during their tour of duty. The items carried are both physical and impalpable items and what these things are is subject to the individual soldier. They carry the necessities for survival in the jungles of Vietnam as well as the personal things each soldier feels necessary to make life as comfortable as possible. Additionally, each of the men carries the memories and fears of past and present experiences. The heaviness of the impalpable items is as tangible as that of any physical item, and not so easy to cast away. The literary argument in which the novel

Literature is affected by memory, symbols, and patterns though the connections made between the reader and the novels. By understanding the symbols and patterns of a novel, the reader can better connect to the story being told. In The Great Gatsby, Jay Gatsby is obsessed with looking at a green light. Realizing that the green light symbolizes Gatsby’s longing for Daisy, the reader can better acknowledge the greater theme of the story. Symbols and patterns provide better interpretation of a story to the reader.

Tim O’Brien was an infantryman in during Vietnam War. He used those experiences to write many short stories including The Things They Carried. The story portrays how, “the things they carried” were weightless in comparison to their feelings of love and loss, fear and shame, and the torturous memories of death. “They all carried emotional baggage of men who might die. Grief, terror, love, longing- these were intangibles, but the intangibles had their own mass and specific gravity, they had tangible weight.”

The Things They Carried, by Tim O’Brien is a story of a group of soldiers going through Vietnam during the war. It describes the mental burdens outweigh the physical agony that soldiers in war must carry. Depends on each soldier, they carry both tangible and intangible items. O’Brien argues that uncertainty, responsibility, and fear that soldiers experience much outweigh the physical torture that they had to endure to keep them alive, burdens eased only slightly after the hope of returning home.

The Things They Carried, by Tim O'Brien is a story that talks about the struggles of friendship throughout the war. In the novel, war became a barrier to keeping friendship alive. The stories in the book were mainly about Tim’s friends struggling to find a way to handle their relationship. Jimmy cross and many others were true to their loved ones. While they were in the war they faced separation, choices and changes caused their relationship to extinct.

While memories can hurt, they build people into who they are today. The book The Things They Carried, written by Tim O’Brien, is written in a non-linear format. The nonlinear format mimics one’s memories. O’Brien waits 20 years to begin writing this book because it took time to process what he has gone through. O’Brien shares many short stories about other in his group and the situations they faced during the Vietnam War.

There are more significant symbols in the novel such as The Boy. The Man and Boy fight to survive many hardships, but through the darkness there is light, The Boy. He is very mature and cares for every stray person they pass. One person he cares for is a man named Ely, an old man with nothing but the clothes on his back, until he meets The Boy and his father." 'You should thank him you know, I wouldn’t have given you anything' "(McCarthy 173). The Boy wants everyone to survive and is willing to share his supplies even if it means he won`t have all the things he needs to live.

There are reasons people keep old letters and tear up at certain songs. There are reasons a specific place or string of words can affect a person so. Everything symbolizes something to someone, no matter what it happens to be. Tennessee Williams exploits the impact of symbolism on a character in his play "A Streetcar Named Desire," particularly in his character Blanche Dubois. Before the audience knows about Blanche’s awful, torrid past and secrets, the clever stage directions allude to Blanche's desire to hide the truth and how it eventually destroys her. In the drama, “A Streetcar Named Desire,” symbolisms used in stage directions like specific lighting, crucial sounds, and indicative character behavior are used to epitomize Blanche DuBois

Jealousy always makes people do wrong things and makes them regret about it later for a long time. One summer, Gene and Finny were used to be good friends, but because of jealousy, Gene frames Finny, as a result Finny broke his leg and he can 't do sports any more. This happened at war time, and the war makes gene loose his mind, and makes him to express the anger to others. War is always bad, and it effects people so that they can 't think straight, and they want release their anger to others like the meaning of war, which is express the anger of one country to other countries.

When asked how he felt about the deaths of 9 /11, Pablo Sequera , a 22 year old US army soldier in Iraq said "I wanted to bomb the fuck out of every single one of them towel heads". Now fighting in Iraq he says he has grown more sympathy and understanding toward Middle Eastern people. "Actually being up close, watching how they live every day in violence, has given me even more ambition to help them gain freedom" said Sequera. War will always change a person whether it's physically or mentally, a soldier never leaves the way he came in. The smells of gunfire, the loud ping of bullets bouncing off of metal, the vibrations of grenades exploding nearby, and the taste of their own fear climbing up into their throat will always remain close to

Symbolism is everywhere around us in our daily lives, even if you don’t notice it right away. Traffic signs, company names, and even colors can all be examples of symbolism. Dr. Stephanie Carrez’ article, Symbol and Interpretation, focuses on and interprets the different types of symbolism in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel, The Scarlet Letter. Focusing mainly on the characters Hester and Pearl, Carrez’ article brings symbolism to a new light as she interprets her thoughts. Carrez’ article shows that symbolism, allegories, and the different possibilities for interpretation play a vital role in analyzing the novel’s worth by using Pearl and Hester as the main examples for the used literary