Symbolism In The Other Side

The black characters in the novel are all victims of this “separate but equal” mentality; the younger characters yearn for real equality and the older characters have settled in to their lives by accepting their “fate.” The existing structures of society in Bayonne, Louisiana prevent black characters such as Grant Wiggins and Vivian from ever breaking out of their social class; both are forced to remain in their lives as teachers of young black children who will also grow up to live limited lives. Wiggins says of his classroom, “I’m the teacher... and I

Symbolism is used in literature to give an object another meaning, other than its literal meaning. A great example of symbolism is the cross and how it symbolizes the death of Jesus. Inside out and Back Again by Thanhha Li is a work of historical fiction. First, Ha, her mother and her three brothers were forced to flee their home country of Vietnam due to war. They have to face this hardship and many to come without the support of their father, who was kidnapped by the Communists and disappeared. Then, travel on a boat in unsanitary and conditions to a refugee camp in Guam. Next, they are sponsored by a man they call “cowboy” and Are taken to live with him and Alabama. In America, the family faces discrimination because of their race and language and struggle to adjust to their new life. Finally, Ha and her family are learning to adjust and like their new home due to the loving support of Miss Washington and their friends.

Segregation had had many effects on the black nation, to the point that it started building up ones character, “See the depressing clouds of inferiority begin to form in her little mental sky and see her begin to distort her little personality by unconsciously developing a bitterness towards white people”, King shows readers that segregation is even affecting little children, that it is starting to build up a young girls character and is contributing to the child developing hatred “bitterness” towards the white Americans. King makes readers imagine a black cloud settling in a young girls brain mentally, when instead she should have an image of a colorful blue sky with a rainbow, isn’t that suppose to be part of a 6 year-old’s imagination? King gives readers an image of destruction civil disobedience had created in the black community, especially in the young innocent little children.

After reading the book, The Other Side, the reader can infer that the author is trying to prove that boundaries can be set up but can also be broken down, as stated in the book, “Someday somebody’s going to come along and knock this old fence down.” In the book, The Other Side, there is a mental and physical boundary that is keeping two people that are so different, yet so alike apart. There is a border that blockades these friends from being equal. They are so used to not going that they don’t know what will happen if they do as stated, “My mama says I shouldn’t go on the other side.” These kids don’t care about the color of their skin, they care about what is on the inside not the outside.

In a Caucasian dominated society, African-Americans were harassed physically and emotionally simply for having black skin colour. Part of this discrimination included segregation; the act of Caucasians being separate from the African-American population. There are several examples in which the novel in which segregation played an integral role in the discrimination of

What comes to your mind when you think of a tree? Trees appear a lot in Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson. They are one of the most frequent symbols in the novel. Symbolism is giving certain symbols deeper meanings to portray something in the text. In Speak, Melinda’s paintings of trees are symbols, as well as the tree in her front yard. Anderson uses trees to show Melinda’s different phases and her growth.

Instead, they received more sufferings, pain, mistreatment, and disrespect. After this novel was released, readers began to read, listen, visualize, and learn about the shocking indignities and injustices of racial segregation in the South, but more importantly, the amount of brutality that was used to enforce this racism. This book sheds light

Not only can it be difficult to see the world from another perspective other than your own, but people can be held back from their limited views of the outside world. Small town people, such as the people in Maycomb County, can have inflexible opinions about the outlooks of other people; therefore, this can cause several of the misunderstandings in this book. Understanding the perspectives of alternative ideas of people can be a topic that is brought up more often as we grow up making it a strenuous topic for narrow minds to grasp. Scout, who lives her life as an acutely black or white person, was never taught how to view the world from a “grey” perspective. In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, Scout discovers precious life lessons, views

When readers analyze and examine the main points of a piece of writing, they usually focus on a few key assets in order to fully comprehend the story. In The Other Side, a book about the boundaries of segregation told from the perspective of a little colored girl, there are many elements shown throughout the book. The qualities represented most importantly, are the tone, audience, and symbolism.

The tone of the book changes within locations and characters in this book. The book begins when she is in Kansas with her Aunt and Uncle and then she goes to the Land of Oz, and she was so happy there. She didn’t really want to leave because of all the friends she had made but then on the other hand she missed her Aunt Em and Uncle Henry. There was an example of pathos in this book and

This summary is intended for students to make the story my comprehensible. The tone is not expressive in any way it is just retelling the story in simpler words and making it easier to understand and get the main details for the story. The tone is very bland and not very expressive. In this summary the word choice is basic to make the story more straight-forward using simple words to get the point across. The author uses the same imagery as in the story, but not in great detail as the story exhibits. No imagery was added to the summary that was not originally from the story. The theme of the summary is young love, because the summary does not change the theme of the original

Throughout the story, the reader can tell the obvious differences in Julian’s and his mother opinion about racism and racial segregation. Julian’s mom believes that the busses should not be segregated, and that black people can rise but “on their own side of the fence.”

William Blake’s “The Tyger” in Songs of Experience, written in 1794, describes the Tyger as “fearful” while appreciating its beauty. During this time, Blake was one of the first people to see a tiger; this inspired him to write “The Tyger” and paint the creature as a majestic but fierce being. Although the origins of the Tyger are questioned, the creator is referred as “he” implying a male divine creator. While examining who or what created the Tyger, in addition to the industrial and fiery imagery, the answer could reveal what the Tyger symbolizes. William Blake’s “The Tyger,” in Songs of Experience, uses the creation of the Tyger, along with the dark, fiery environment, to argue the Tyger belongs to the creator's world and was created for a purpose; although the creature may be labeled as evil and symbolizes the negative parts of the human mind, the creature represents the other half to create a whole.

Symbols can be defined as; “a thing that represents or stands for something else, especially a material object representing something abstract.” (Google Dictionary) There are countless of symbols out there that are important and meaningful to my life. But there are a few symbols that is extra special and represents me as a person and who I am today. The four most important symbols in my life are a cross, a family, the Vietnam flag, and the piano which all connects back to one big symbol, a heart.

The significance and meanings behind the use of symbols and iconography within Western Christianity and Buddhism has evolved in the depiction of Christ and Buddha. The purpose of this essay is to compare some key elements of Christian and Buddhist symbolism as pertaining to the meaning of concept of God, the soul, suffering, and their view of religious concepts.