Symbolism In St. John's Aquin By Nick Joaquin

From the start of independence, the question of career selection has stumbled teens across the globe. Whether the outcome be based on the amount of money, the location, or even the very few who find their true passion, no one has a definitive idea on what they will pursue at an early age. Richard Van Camp’s main character, Leo, is faced with this same dilemma. Van Camp's short story, “The Strongest Blood”, explores the use of symbolism, brought through by money, the conflicts in which influence career decision, and the use of pathos to evoke an emotional connection to the reality of the world.

William Saroyan uses numerous literary devices such as symbolism and characterization throughout his short story, “Gaston”. He uses them to convey that parents have an influence on their children, who look up to them. He includes several details in each instance of the literary devices, to expand on the theme he is trying to convey.

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.

Esperanza Ortega of El Rancho de las Rosas is a young Hispanic girl that must overcome strenuous obstacles in order to help her family. The novel Esperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz Ryan has many symbols that contribute to the theme, but one of the major motifs present is the process of crocheting the quilt. This symbol lasts throughout the entire book, but the message only gets stronger for this symbol goes hand in hand with the storyline.

[Lead in sentence/Hook] “Son of a Trickster,” by Eden Robinson, is the story about the coming of age and rough period of adolescence of a young Aboriginal boy. Through her novel, Robinson is able to convey a message that the Aboriginal people, mainly focusing on the Haisla and Heiltsuk First Nations, are dark and grating societies of Canada. In order for her readers to understand her perspective of the society, she first demonstrates the selfishness of the societies with the symbolism of raven along with its traits and attributes. Secondly, she uses supernaturalism which shows the mysterious and deceiving society of the Haisla and Heiltsuk First Nations. Lastly, the connection of Jared’s relationships with his peers reveal the negative influences, trends, and issues within the Aboriginal societies. Overall, all these factors contribute the darkness of both reality and the story.

In the short story “The Scarlet Ibis” The author uses symbolism to represent the stories main ideas. Hurst uses the symbolism of the grindstone, the casket, and the scarlet ibis to reveal theme in the story. One subtler symbol is the grindstone. The grindstone is symbolic because it reminds the narrator of Doodle like it says on the page (1 Hurst ) “as I sit in the cool green-draped parlor, the grindstone begins to turn and I remember Doodle.” He remembers Doodle at the grindstone because the grindstone took place of the bleeding tree where the scarlet ibis died. One thing that also reminded the narrator of Doodle is the casket. It reminded him because that casket was built for him and the narrator made him touch it on pg (2 Hurst ) “ His hands

In William Golding’s “Lord Of The Flies” Novel, symbolism is a very important element of the book, Many symbols show how the boys on the island are slowly becoming savage and losing their civility.

As time passes by, society changes but the land man lives on never does. In Willa Cather’s My Antonia, Cather describes the Nebraska landscape to convey her attitude toward each character and to introduce and support the novels overall theme. As the novel progresses, Cather constantly explains the theme of man’s relationship with land and as the overall theme of this novel. Throughout the course of this story, Cather’s language institutes an unthought of deeper meaning to this account and clearly identifies relationship between man and the land they live on as the main theme.

“Could I change it if I wanted, can I rise above the flood? / Will it wash out in the water, or is it always in the blood?” (Mayer). A question posed by the artist John Mayer holds true for the characters in Flannery O’Connor’s most famous novel, Wise Blood. In this novel, O’Connor paints a picture of a small town in the heart of the Bible Belt and the internal struggle of its inhabitants. The protagonist, Hazel Motes, procures a twisted version of the Gospel and evangelizes to those who are made to believe they are lost. Yet, according to the teachings of Haze, this picture that humans are inherently sinful and in need of saving is false. In this novel, Flannery O’Connor uses inanimate objects to show the attempts of Haze to replace what he knows to be true. Enoch Emory, on the other hand, struggles with a curse he believes he was born with – wise blood. The prevalent themes of symbolism and imagery in Flannery O’Connor’s Wise Blood represent the inner battle between spirituality and the human nature of rebellion.

The book The thief of always by Clive Barker is a fable about a young boy who bored out of his mind and finds the Holiday House, the dream house and the house of illusions that the evil Mr.Hood snatches away time. Little details like the illustrations make a giant difference on the plot of this fable. Barker does many important stuff with the illustrations in the story such as foreshadowing, creating suspense, and symbolism.

He argues female preacher is not appropriate light on the bible, and says, “vocation is spiritual, but it is also scriptural” (3). He even asserts that female’s calling is “confounded a human impulse with the Spirit’s vocation” (3). As he uses Titus 2: 4 and 5 to support his assertion, he put women in domestic limitation. He says that women should use teaching function for their younger sisters, and also he regards women as “a loving subject to husband” (4). He believes that double headed is not good for “a foundation for social order” because of “human finitude and sin”, thus, he insists the importance of “ultimate human head” and he only regards men as “ultimate human head” (4). Moreover, while Dabney insists on “Christ-like” as a woman is caring for children, he points that women’s work in public is “sinful and selfish ambition” (5). Lastly, he criticizes women’s preaching as “simply infidel”

In “The Scarlet Ibis,” James Hurst uses the ibis as a symbol for Doodle in order

The caramel rebozo is referred to a “Mexican shawl.” () Throughout the story, the one item that Soledad and Celaya admire so much is this Carmelo rebozo. This rebozo is one that Soledad’s mother was working on before she died. Her mother never got a chance to finish the shawl, but it was given to Soledad. Celaya always wanted the rebozo for herself, and when her father tries to buy her a silk shawl, the evil grandmother says that there is no way a girl like Celaya will ever appreciate such a beautiful shawl. But, when the grandmother passes away, the rebozo is passed down to Celaya, and she treasures this item just as her grandmother did. In the novel Caramelo, by Sandra Cisneros, Cisneros utilizes the symbols of the caramelo rebozo in order to signify destiny, truth and lies, and fights to show the family and its members’ relationships and traditions. Cisneros uses each of these significances in order to show multiple people and events describe a theme. The caramelo rebozo is one of the most important symbols of the novel. It not only ties itself to the theme of security, safety, and leadership, but also to the other symbols presented.

The male gaze puts his fantasy onto the female figure, which is styled, in a unique sort of way. In this traditional exhibitionist, role women are continuously being looked at and their appearance is delivered to the male gaze in such a way as a strong visual and erotic impact and provides male desire. The presence of a woman in a normal narrative film is the key of the movie. However, the key of the narrative film works against the development of the story-line and stops the action due to the erotic gaze. Butt Boetticher said: “What counts is what the heroine provokes, or rather what she represents. She is the one, or rather the love or fear she inspires in the hero, or else the concern he feels for her, who makes him act the way he does. In herself the woman has not the slightest importance”.

Alagu Subramaniam was a novelist who belonged to the Tamil community of Sri Lanka. He was one of the founders and editors of the literary magazine Indian Writing.“Professional Mourners” is a short story which revolves around caste-based discrimination, throwing light on various themes such as celebration of socio-economic power, social practices, dehumanization of the less privileged and the like.