Symbolism In Dark Places

Leading up to the American Revolution, were a chain of events that created a spark in the colonists to obtain independence from Great Britain. The American Revolution could not be tied to one single event but instead by the feelings and determination brought on by this chain of disgraceful actions. Gordon S. Wood explains what he believes caused the rebellion of the American colonists from Great Britain and how those causes help explain the outcomes of the revolution in his essay, “Radical Possibilities of the American Revolution.” Wood argues that the colonists were motivated to rebel against the British monarchy due to their need to preserve their liberties and through this revolution a radical change in government and American life occurred.

After reading the book, The Other Side, the author uses symbolism, tone, and he wrote it to an audience. The book is based on racism, today we may not know about it, and it still goes on today. Whites and blacks have both been against each other until one very powerful leader stopped racism. The book has lots of symbolism related to racism.

Everyone needs hope in their lives for the good times and the bad. Hope is an essential part of human life, which is sometimes symbolized into objects. Legend by Marie Lu is a dystopian story about Day, a slum sector teen criminal, and June, a wealthy military prodigy. Marie Lu uses Day’s pendant to symbolize the hope and freedom Day and June yearn for.

They end up at a diner, where the officer had stopped, and the owner, Henshaw, refused to serve Tibbs because of his skin color. Tibbs notices that the officer changed his route, which leads Gillespie to question the officer of the murder. Gillespie and Tibbs discover that Sam made a large deposit to the bank the day after the murder, along with a local named Purdy filed a charge against Sam for getting his under-age sister, Delores, pregnant. Sam is arrested, without Tibbs approval. During Delores’ interrogation, Purdy is outraged that Tibbs was there because he is black. Purdy organizes a lynch gang to get back at Tibbs.

“From the twenties through the eighties, whatever else there hadn’t been in Odessa, there had always been high school football” (Bissinger 35) epitomizes the book in one succinct sentence. However, the book doesn’t blatantly state superficial information about football; it follows the Permian Panthers through an entire season and reveals the emotions of a handful of football players. Throughout various parts of the book, Bissinger beautifully utilizes symbols in order to create a better perception for the readers on the lives of the souls in Odessa. The symbols, include, but are not limited to; the railroad tracks, the Gary Edwards case, and the school spending reveal the various facets of life in Odessa.

The Americans struggled a lot go gain their independence from their mother country England. They felt like they were still under England’s control even though they were in America. They believed that if they were in America they could establish things that they wanted which was to create their own type of government. They didn’t wish to be in control of England anymore which resulted in two wars. These wars were the American revolution and the War of 1812 in which the Americans were victorious.

Both the British and the American colonists contributed to causing the American Revolution. The war grew out of contempt: England’s contempt for the colonies and colonial contempt for British policies. A series of actions by the British eventually pushed the colonists over the edge and towards independence. The results of the war gave many citizens a new role in society while others, like slaves, felt no change at all. This paper will examine the specific causes and effects of the American Revolution.

H. G. Bassinger's 1990 novel, "Friday Night Lights", explores the effects of a reigning football team found within a rural and obscure town. Permian High School’s black and white colors resonated among the town of Odessa, Texas. The popularity of Permian football stretched throughout the whole town, cramping its inhabitants into a stadium for the seasonal ritual. Along with the high succession rate of the Permian panthers, came the lone legacy of its gifted players as well as the town itself. Permian football was more than just a sport, it was the symbol of Odessa and the definition of its glory.

H.G. Bissinger’s Friday Night Lights occurs in Odessa, Texas where Permian football remains the diversion through which the locals are able to live vicariously through, leading to the local’s attitudes and personal lives relying largely on the success of the team. This is evident when looking at Jim Lewallen, L.V. Miles, and Charlie Billingsley.

Throughout the novel one can notice a constant reference to the darkness, as symbolizing a heaviness and resignation that afflicts deeply the characters and also the atmosphere of story.

The mood that Saki used in ‘The Interlopers’ was not one that was expected. A strip of forest was fought over by the Gradwitz family and the Znaeym family. Ulrich von Gradwitz grandfather won the famous law suit, which granted him this sought after piece of forest land. This brought three generations of rivalry among the families. Saki uses the significant relationship between Ulrich and Georg to teach the reader an important lesson. Life and human nature can be a funny thing, and Saki shows us that these things are so important for us to learn from. The symbol that ties everything in this story together is the trees in The Forest of Gradwitz.

Throughout the day we hear many statistics about different things. Out of all those statistics that you hear, 73.6% aren’t true. Yet, most people believe every statistic they heard. Why do people do that? In the book All the Light We Cannot See, there are two main characters, Marie-Laure and Werner, living in the time of World War II. Marie-Laure is a blind girl who lives in Paris with her father, and Werner is an orphan who lives in the Children's House in Germany. Throughout the book the reader gets to journey with Marie-Laure and Werner on through their lives as they live through World War II. In the novel All the Light We Cannot See, Anthony Doerr uses symbolism, character development of Werner, and imagery to prove the theme that people tend to believe everything they hear because it is easier than to question it.

In life and in literary text hidden meanings are quite common. There is basic level of understanding by the majority and a concealed meaning that requires a deeper level of critical thinking and analysis. Terrance Hayes provides a “poetic style that resist style” which proves hard to interpret, but I conclude he provides a common theme many might mistake for just an element of poetry (Fabu 1). A common theme present within two of his poems “Lighthead’s Guide to Galaxy” and “Antebellum House Party” as well as ”Mausoleum” from his signature book Wind in a Box is the idea of symbolism and underlying meanings within itself and how individuals tend to look for something more in things even in life instead of being as it is.

In the novel A Long Way Gone, there are many examples throughout that emphasize the theme by using symbols. The hip hop cassettes that Ishmael carries around with him are an important symbol as without them he would not have been able to survive. It also provides the image of his lost childhood. The music was able to assist him in many ways of survival. On his journey Ishmael uses them to show his talent and passion, and to prove to other’s that he is just a teenage boy trying to escape from the war. “I ran toward the fire, but the cassettes had already started to melt. Tears formed in my eyes, and my lips shook as I turned away." (Beah 110). Once the cassettes were gone, he lost all hope. Beah created a clear and evident meaning behind the

Symbolism, may be defined as a non-superficial representation of an idea or belief that goes beyond what is "seen."  Earnest Hemingway's "A Clean Well-Lighted Place" uses symbolism to help convey the theme of Nihilism, the philosophy that there is nothing heavenly to believe in.  It discusses that there is no supernatural reason or explanation of how the world is today.  Three symbols: the soldier, the café, and the shadows of the leaves, found in Hemingway's short story clearly displays this Nihilistic theme.