My Family Coat Of Arms

Symbols are very important and influential to everyone. Symbols holds a hidden meaning that, in most cases, are more influential than telling it blunt. Yes, sometimes telling it bluntly works but putting it as a symbol shows a deeper meaning and relevance to what you, your community, or your nation stands for.

The idea of symbolism is widely understood, but many do not understand that symbols can have many different meanings. Foster highlights this point

Symbols are used to represent something else deeper than the actual meaning either in real life or in literature. In the story “The Scarlet Ibis”, Doodle who is mentally and physically disabled was not expected to live. Although, he did live, however, he could not do things other children could do such as walk or talk. Therefore, his older brother set out to teach him because he was embarrassed to have an abnormal brother. However, many years later Doodle is soon overworked until he can no longer go on, and he sadly dies. In “The Scarlet Ibis”, James Hurst uses the caul, the oriole nest, and the blood od Doodle as symbols to offer greater insight into abstract ideas that are difficult to understand on their own.

What all these stories have in common is they all talk about something that is seen in our

Symbolism is used in many ways and writers use symbolism to “enhance their writing.” It can give their work “more richness and color and can make the meaning of the work deeper.” In literary work the actions of the characters, words, action, place, or event has a deeper meaning in the context of the whole story. The reader needs to look see the little things like a dove symbolizes peace, or like the red rose stands for romance. Mostly everything can have a symbolism meaning to it. For instance the flag symbolizes freedom and the stars represent the states. Even some signs are symbols like when a beaker has a skull with a bones placed like an ‘x’ behind it symbolizes that it’s toxic or bad. When people see the red light when driving that’s

In the short story, “The Boat” by Alistair Macleod, symbolism is used to represent an abstract idea. The boat, being a major symbol of the story was the way of life for the family. As the story goes on, the boat starts to make the family feel confined giving them a choice to leave or stay with the boat. There were symbols that impacted the story that had connection towards the boat. Chain bracelets, the father’s clothes, the books that the father read are all symbols that tied to the boat. The father's chain bracelets and clothes represent the father feeling trapped as a fisherman since he never changes out of them. We find out more about the characters and their personal connection with the boat and the other symbols and what it means to them. The family starts to fall apart due to the kids learning about the father’s books leading to them moving away from home. Symbolism is used when one thing is meant to represent something else adding meaning and emotion to the story which is well represented throughout the story.

While our parents offer themselves to help us grow as civilized human beings, one of the most important things they do is present to us our culture. As a small child, my parents introduced me to the world, and what a wonderful place it can or can’t be. Different traditions were taught to me throughout my years and these developed into the fundamental ideas for my lifestyle and culture. The idea of culture that we all share is extremely complex, so it is hard to define any parts of it without the use of symbolism. In order to define my culture, I selected three objects to represent me and my culture in a broad spectrum. However odd these objects may seem, I chose an aluminum ring, a computer and a Christmas stocking. These particular items

My symbols are flowers, plants, and gardens. Flowers symbolize beauty, youth, strength, and gentleness (Melani 1). Gardens symbolize growth, feminine, protection, and miracles (Fraim). Plants symbolize life, afterlife, strength, and stability (Lipson).

In each of my four categories, I have two symbols representing its importance. In my first category, which is culture my two symbols is the flag of Mexico and a dia de los muertos (day of the dead) skull. I picked the Mexican flag because I identify myself as Mexican. I also chose the dia de los muertos skull because it is an important holiday in Latin America. This holiday honors the deceased by celebrating life. For my Hobbies category, I drew a book and a theatrics facemask. One of my biggest passions is acting. Ever since I was a kid, I have always wanted to be on television and performing on stage. I also drew a book because I enjoy reading as a pass time. The next category is Animals for this section I drew a pug and a lion. For my final category, which is family, I drew an airplane and people. Although I do have some family living in Canada, majority of them live in Latin America. The only family I have living in Canada are from my mothers’ side of the family. All of my other family members, including my father and siblings live in Mexico.

Such symbols include hands to represent labour, cards to signify chance and taking a risk, and finally, rabbits to suggest ideas about achieving one’s hopes and dreams. Symbols are a key central device in delivering meaning, as they consistently repeated throughout the narrative and are typically associated with the novella’s many characters.

My personal coat of arms follows the usual kite shield design. Because of how the shield is width increases with the height I arranged my symbols to reflect that with what I believe is of greater importance sitting more prominently higher on the shield. Starting from the bottom, I used the maple leaf design on the Canadian coat of arms as a base. It’s at the base because I would not describe myself as a Canadian when asked who I was but firmly believe that being a Canadian is at the root of what I value. Going above that Is the Filipino flag, which represents my loyalty to my heritage as a Filipino. At the top part of my coat of arms has an image of oil wells and an Albertan wild rose. Oil wells in this image are linked to my perception of

The Moulton family Crest is characterized by seven distinct attributes that include the four symbols found within the crest, the unicorn lion supporting characters on the side of the crest, the knight on top of the crest, and the main color. The four main sections that represent my families heritage are a crescent, a griffin, a hand and a heart. The crescent is a sign of hope and enlightenment, the griffin is a sign of vigilance, the hand is a sign of truthfulness and charity, and the heart is a sign of justice and sincerity. Each of these characteristics are strongly present in the Moulton family as we carry hope in our hearts, act with vigilance, and treat others with truthfulness, sincerity and justice. The lions on the side act as supportive

The coat of arms would have been made off-site and then attached to the upper part of the front of the building. The pieces would have been made using moulds and a lime-based cement. The stucco would have been attached to the building using strong adhesive and metal brackets.

Sierra: Heraldry or coat of arms was a family identification more likely to be in the family tree of a knight/noble.Heraldry was used to tell who was who on the battlefield and who the enemy was. When the knights are in full armor it’s hard to tell who is who, even if it was your friend.The shield design had to be recognized on the battlefield. Designs of a coat of arms would be that the background is divided into sections, the main picture is the charge, at the bottom of the coat of arms usually had a motto, the light colors were meant to be with the light colors while the dark colors with the dark.The original coat of arms was simple but years of passing down it became more complicated.

In my Coat of Arms, I revealed many things about myself. In the first box in the center, I drew something that I will never give up. In my opinion family and God are the most valuable thing a person could have and this applies to me. I would never trade God and Family for anything else because they shaped who I am. Ever since I was born, my parents have been sacrificing their own interests for mine. They provided me with everything that I need and some things that I want. They decided to invest in my future by letting me go to SM when instead, I could attend a public High School. In my picture, I drew my family with my parents and my sister. I put a Circle around my family symbolizing God watching over us. The color I used for this box and many other boxes is blue because it’s one of my favorite colors and it’s not invasive enough to cover up my message.