Persephone: Symbols

A mandala is a circular visual meditation tool that is primarily used in Hindu and Buddhist culture. The word “mandala” comes from the Sanskrit and means “circle.” The center of a mandala is always connected to its circumference and its circumference is tied to the center. This character analysis is about the protagonist of the very well-known dramatic/fantasy novel, The Mortal instruments: City of Bones, written by Cassandra Clare, and the character is Clarissa Fairchild, or Clary for short. The novel is set in present day New York, and follows a 16 year old girl, whose life turns into a mess when she sees ‘someone’ getting killed, her mother gets kidnapped, and she is told that “all the stories are true”, meaning all the myths about demons, warlocks, vampires, werewolves, etc. Clary, a dynamic character, who is selfless, loving, artistic, stubborn, and determined, goes through an adventure that she will never forget.

"The First Part Last" has many authoritative symbols. All people, no matter who they are, have symbols that represent them and how they have changed throughout their lifetime. Throughout Angela Johnson's book, the main character Bobby had many moments that alternated the way he thought, saw, and reacted to things, and these each moment had a symbol that represented it.

In Marjane Satrapi’s graphic novel, Persepolis, the protagonist, Marji, faces hardships and conflict as a woman in Iran. When discussing conflict that Marji faces, politics is one topic that stands out the most. Growing up in a war torn and corrupt country, Marji is exposed to violence at a young age and is forced to mature quickly. As she grows older she experiments during a period of rebellion and temporarily leaves her home country in an effort to find herself. However, much later, she circles back to Iran and comes home to the same crumbling and oppressive system she has always resented. Even though Marji may change as she travels to new places, grows older, and experiments with her self expression, her constant strife with the Islamic Regime’s political ideology remains.

Award-winning and movie-prone novels incorporate many literary devices, and these methods empower the story to a new level. In this case, one of these devices is symbolism, and The Book Thief is an extraordinary example that contains symbolism. There are three overlapping symbols in The Book Thief, and these symbols are bread, an accordion, and books. As well as the differences, the list of similarities between these symbols continues on forever.

When a family lives in destitute conditions, they can barely take care of their selves, and when they take care of another person, it gets even harder to take care of everyone. That is exactly what happens when Liesel and her family hides a Jew, Max, in their basement in the book The Book Thief. Liesel’s family already has very few possessions, and when they hide a Jew in their basement, during the Holocaust, they risk losing what they have, each other. After Liesel and her family hide a Jew in their basement, Han’s accordion, paint, and the book The Grave Digger’s Handbook are shown as the three most important objects in The Book Thief.

In the book, The Awakening, the author Kate Chopin uses symbols to express meanings in her story about a young married woman exploring outside her comfort zone for herself and happiness. Main character, Edna Pontellier, feels trapped her in marriage as a wife and woman in the 19th century. In her quest to find her independence and true happiness, she does the unthinkable and her actions cause major conflict within herself. The book uses many symbols to express hidden meanings throughout Chopin’s story. A major symbol in The Awakening is the ocean. Since the book begins and ends here, it is a very complex and important part of the story. The ocean symbolizes freedom, growth, and rejection in Edna as she finds herself.

erica’s obsession with Greek and Roman culture has been around for centuries. Buildings like the Capitol, the White House, and even the Lincoln Memorial were designed with the intended purpose of portraying the intimidating architecture of Ancient Greece. In fashion, elaborate clothing crafted by designers imitate early Greek attire to display a regal femininity or a warrior-like masculinity. For entertainment purposes, books, television shows, and movies are used to carry on the myths and stories of the Greek gods and Heroes. Depending on each myth, the story could have been compromised from the act of being passed down from generation to generation. In the original myth of Perseus, multiple archetypes were used and provided stereotypical roles in the myth. However, the modern day Clash of the Titans movie portrayed the myth in a completely different context, added or removed new characters and even changed the archetype of the characters, thus changing the meaning of the story.

The novel starts off with protagonists earliest memory of two men delivering a brand new television with color. The author purposefully decided to include this because the television stands for a metaphoric symbol of a new era and generation. The television perhaps also foreshadows change in an indirect way. Since tv used to be black & white and simplistic that would be a motif for her early childhood. Whereas the color TV would symbolize her adolescent years and her coming of age.

(AGG) Symbols are used everyday to explain hidden or subtle meanings. (BS-1) In the book Under the Persimmon Tree, the author uses symbolism to explain how the stars comfort the characters into believing that their families are still out there. (BS-2) Later in the book, she also connects the stars with the characters through fear and loss. (BS-3)

One of the tricks that hades played on Persephone wes when he told her to eat some seeds. There were a total of 12 seeds. When she ate seven of the seeds, she was going to spend 7 mounth in the underworld. Because she didn't eat 5 of the seds she will be able to spend 5 mounth with her dad. In the story it said,’’Alas,’’ said ,’’my daughter , what have you done?’’The Fates have said that if you ate anything in the land of the shallow, you must return to Hades and rule with him as his queen.’’ Since she ate 7 seeds she stays with Hades in the underworld for 7 months, and she would spend 5 months with her dad, Demeter.Therefor, if she would have ate all 12 seeds, she would have to say in the underworld for life. Luckily, she only ate 7. It's

Ovid’s Metamorphoses is filled with selfish actions and characters. Unexpectedly, however, Ovid chooses to laud selfishness and vengeance by allowing Perseus to be a hero; Perseus is glorified for his killing, despite being defined as selfish and as seeking revenge. Thus, Ovid, through his portrayal of Perseus, lauds selfishness and vengeance.

Persephone is the goddess of Spring Growth and rebirth. She is queen of the Underworld. Her story and character has interested me since i was 7 years old when i found a book about her. Some people say different things about Persephone, but they all lead to Persephone’s character and story. From Persephone living in the Underworld to Persephone’s symbols I have researched as much as I could.

Ever wonder how persepolis would feel if the book was full of colors? Maybe feelings or thoughts may change due to the colors. We all know what different colors meant to us. Marji’s experience of her trusts changes as she grows up from her ideas and ways of thinkings. Like many other children, she goes through stages in life where she started to realizes and perceive things differently from her childhood life.

The story about Demeter interfering into Persephone’s life is okay, but at the same time it’s not okay.. I think it’s okay like this because Persephone and Demeter cared for each other deeply that it’s hard to take them apart. Persephone being abducted like that, just because Hades wants to get married to her that badly that Persephone got abducted because of that.

In America, the Islamic Revolution means absolutely nothing to a ten year old child, but in Iran it’s like a plague that’s draped across their entire world as they know it. Most Iranian children are unlike the children of the United States, which have no restrictions on dress or schools, even freedom. Iranian children live in a country controlled by their government that prohibits simple pleasures and freedoms because this government forbids Iranian families the ability to control their own lives. Iranian’s live in a country that demands they have obedience to their religious culture at all times or pay the consequences.