Personal Identity In The Kumra Plant By Apirana Taylor

The strong trees and mountains are symbolizing the protection from the newcomers. They are powerful and will not let anything in their path stop them from achieving their goal, taking over the country from the indigenous people. The trees have sharp points on the end of them. The trees, along with the mountains, are portrayed as a form of protection for the Raven and totem pole. They are protecting the totem pole from damage and falling down. The skies are dark purple and black representing the new people coming to take over. The dark colors and winds are intimidating. They symbolize the danger the Nootka people are facing. The indigenous people’s land is being taken over, and there is nothing they can do to stop it. The country and people around them are all too powerful. Now, they need to worry about protecting themselves and let go of the land they love.

In addition to this, belonging to a family is a key concept in this novel. The novel opens with an alluring introduction to the family; a blissful atmosphere is created through the picturesque icons of their family life. The composer uses small photograph like icons to allude towards the widely acknowledged contentment that is readily associated with the memories in a picture album. Tan introduces the motif of the paper crane which he carries through the length of his novel as a symbol of affection and belonging between the family members. The next pages signify the break in contentment as the man begins his journey and a salient image of the couple with their hands grasping the other’s parallels the anxiety and despair in their downcast facial expressions. Although the gloomy atmosphere, the light sepia tones in the picture allow an insight into the tender and loving relationship that the family members share. Upon the man’s departure the paper crane motif returns and he hands it to his daughter as a token of his undying love for her. His migratory experience is studded by the comfort and ease that he obtains from a picture of his family. In paralleled scenes on the boat and the new apartment, the

Through the text we hear, with frequent intervals, about a stifling feeling Akunna gets '' a tight think around her neck. But as the story passes this “thing” looses its grip. When it almost is gone, Akunna gets a letter from her mother, in which it says that her father has died. That situation makes Akunna make the decision to leave her boyfriend and go home. That thing around her neck could symbolize

The second device that is ubiquitous in this passage is symbolism. The symbols found in this passage include rain, sunlight, lightning, and the aroma of rain. A common theme in The Bean Trees is plants. This theme is introduced in the passage through the symbol of rain. Rain is a meaningful symbol due to the fact that rain is a key factor in the growth and development of plants. Since plants have symbolised both Taylor and Turtle, the rain that occurs in the passage creates a sense of growth for both characters as they are both in the process of growing and developing.

The use of symbolism and imagery is beautifully orchestrated in a magnificent dance of emotion that is resonated throughout the poem. The two main ideas that are keen to resurface are that of personal growth and freedom. Furthermore, at first glimpse this can be seen as a simple poem about a women’s struggle with her counterpart. However, this meaning can be interpreted more profoundly than just the causality of a bad relationship.

In this story papaya symbolizes hope. When a papaya is brought into the book it represents how hope is doing he's doing and how it is being used. On wet and crying pg 60 It says “ brother vu wants to cut it down, Saying it's better than letting the Communist have it. This shows that they have lost hope as the tree is getting cut down. On page 8 Papaya Tree it quotes “ the tree has grown twice as I stand on tippy toes. From this, I can infer that their hope is growing.” This tells the reader how the papaya

To Momaday, learning about his ancestors’ own culture was both important for giving remembrance to his grandmother, and to him, a moral obligation he ought to follow. Alongside his descriptions of Rainy Mountain lies the personification of “foliage [that] seems to almost writhe in fire.” By giving the foliage humanlike qualities, Momaday further stresses and reminds the audience of the importance and personal connection the Kiowa have to nature. Personification continues on throughout the passage, describing the sun as it “follows a long course.” The phrase carries extra meaning because Kiowa culture holds reverence for the sun; thus, Momaday further ingrains in the reader the importance of nature, and also adds spiritual significance to his pilgrimage. In addition to personifying the sun, Momaday directly compares sun to a god, stating that it has “the characteristic of a god” in the mountains. In stating such, Momaday adds religious significance to his journey, and explains the root of the Kiowa’s reverence of the sun. Momaday, through his pilgrimage, gained an understanding of Kiowan culture and its many aspects, including a connection to nature and the sun, thereby fulfilling his purpose to both retell and remember his

Symbol: The pomegranate tree and the pomegranate are symbolic because in earlier chapters of the book it symbolizes Amir and Hassan 's friendship, as they carve their names in it and sit under it. When Amir hits Hassan with the pomegranates and demands that he fight back, Hassan smashes a pomegranate against his own forehead, sacrificing himself again for Amir, but it signifies the end of their friendship as Amir cannot stand the way Hassan sacrifices himself for him and it builds the guilt in Amir.

For some people finding out who they are is not exactly the hardest thing to do in the world, some know it from the moment they are born. There are, however, also other people who have to struggle and search for their identities. The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri is the story of a boy who does just that. It focuses on the Ganguli’s, a Bengali family, who, after moving homes from India to the United States, struggle to uphold a delicate balance between honoring the traditions of their heritage and assimilating into the American culture. Although Ashoke and Ashima’s parents are proud of the sacrifices they have made to provide their children with as many opportunities as they could, their son, Gogol, strives to create his own identity without leaving his heritage behind. In the novel Jhumpa Lahiri’s The Namesake, Gogol faces many struggles while searching for his identity.

Indigenous people were the first inhabitants of the land we now call Canada, today they are treated as though they are foreigners and are unwelcomed. Indigenous people have been continuously going through discrimination since the day europeans settled in this land. They were forced to change from their so called “savage” life to become part of the white community through residential schools. In the novel Indian Horse by Richard Wagamese, the main character Saul Indian Horse is taken to residential school to be cleansed of his savage culture. Over time he went through many hardships and slowly he began to forget his identity. On the other hand, Toronto at Dreamer’s Rock by Drew Hayden Taylor, involves a boy named Rusty who is going through

The idea of the naming system in the Ju/’hoansi was very interesting to be because there were a few parallels that could be drawn between what is seen in the United States and there. Although our naming practices are not as complex, when you meet someone with the same name as you or someone you love there is an indescribable bond that can be formed. This connection although not as intense as in the Ju/’hoansi seeing each other as related is something that many people hold to a high importance. In the section of Dettwyler, it was humbling to see that the author takes the times to create relationships with her participants instead of treating them as if they were just the place she was getting data from.

Secondly the Pomegranate tree can be seen as a symbol of Amir and Hassan friendship, childhood innocence and shelter. The tree is presented to the reader in two different states. When the tree appears in the first part of the story, in chapter 4, the tree is shown as being fruitful and blooming with ‘blood red’

The child contemplates the river’s flow as he/she personifies the body of water using the sound imagery of laughing and singing (Tanikawa ll. 2, 5). The mother’s response that the sun and the skylark influence the river by tickling and praising recreates the idea of the innocence and happiness that radiates from children generally when they are in a safe community environment, one that is mediated by the mother. The imagery indicates a mother’s impact on her children and their actions. Her actions show well-deserved respect and love for her child because she does her best to keep them happy and light-hearted, sending them into a community where they are tickled by the sun, praised by the skylark, and “loved by snow” (Tanikawa ll. 3, 6, 9). When he/she is scared or needs help, children reflect to happy thoughts, like “being once loved” (Tanikawa l. 9). Finally, a mother’s love can be seen through an emotional/visual form of imagery, where “the mother sea / is waiting for the river to come home,” emphasized not only by the words but by the weight of the extra line in the final stanza (Tanikawa ll. 15-16). A mother demonstrates sheer love for her children by always waiting for them to come home, ensuring that they are safe, and becoming a shelter in which they can finally rest. Tanikawa re-enforces value of the mother-child relationship in showing it as the final resting place of the river/child winding its way

The Awakening by Kate Chopin is a novel full of symbolism which reveals much of the deeper meaning in the story. Within each narrative segment there is often a symbol that helps to add meaning to the text, and the understanding of these symbols is essential to a full appreciation of the story. These symbolic elements help the reader to make a connection between Edna’s world and her eventual awakening. Throughout the novel there are a huge number of symbols but three of the most meaningful symbols used are birds, houses and the ocean.

Maori Religion focuses on animism. Three aspects of this religion includes the idea of tapu, mana, and the legend of Paikea. In Maori culture, tapu (“forbidden”) is a power that can be cast on people and objects to make them forbidden to be touched or even approached. As shown in the movie, of the most