Symbolism In The Other Side

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.

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.

One use of symbolism in the novel is when Mayella Ewell is compared to the red geranium. “One corner of the yard, though, bewildered Maycomb. Against the fence, in a line, were six chipped-enamel slop jars holding brilliant geraniums, cared for as tenderly as if they belonged to Miss Maudie Atkinson, had Miss Maudie deigned to permit a geranium on her premises. People said they were Mayella Ewell’s” (pg. 194). Known as the “poor man’s rose,” the red geranium symbolizes gentility. The flowers growing in the filthy jars represent Mayella and the conditions she lived in. Mayella was a young girl that was living a terrible life and had no form of beauty in her life. Attending to those flowers had finally gave Mayella a form of beauty and hope. They showed Mayella that underneath the ugly and unappealing, there is still beauty.

Often, an author uses figurative language to build upon the story and to create a more meaningful message. The text,“A Private Talk with Holly” uses symbolism to express the main idea that

Lorraine Hansberry’s first and most obvious symbol used in her play, is Mama’s plant. Mama’s plant is really old and it lacks very much of what it needs to maintain healthy and stay alive. The plant symbolizes several things. One of the things it represents is Mama’s care for her family. Just like Mama -cares for her plant even though it is old and lacks nourishment. She still takes car^&e of it, waters it, and gives it the sunlight it can get. This represents Mama’s care for her family because her family is falling apart but she still cares for them, gives them a roof to live under, and she has hope that things will get better. Another thing that Mama’s plant represents is Mama’s dream. Mama has a dream of someday having her own garden and a house of her own. Mama’s quote in Act I Scene I, “Well, i always wanted me a garden like i used to see sometimes at the back of houses down home.

In John Steinbeck’s “The Chrysanthemums”, he uses the chrysanthemums, fence, and garden to symbolize Elisa’s thoughts and feelings throughout his story. He uses these symbols to show love, neglect, loneliness, protection, and passion for his characters.

Another powerful symbolisms was when Jim meets the girls for a picnic. The symbol of the plow against the powerful sun. The third symbol is the rattlesnake and it 's symbol of Jim becoming a man. The girls reminisce as does Jim at the picnic. The girls remember the beautiful wonderful memories of their homelands and contemplate they 're great struggles to make it in America. At the end of their picnic the silhouette of the pile against the setting sun symbolizes the plow like the pioneer spirit of strength, beauty in all inspiring greatness of nature like the sun. “Presently we saw a curious thing: there were no clouds, the sun was going down in a limpid, gold-wash sky. Just as the lower edge of the red disc rested on the high fields against the horizon, and black figure suddenly appeared on the face of the sun. We swing trophy, straining our eyes toward it. In a moment we realized what it was. And some upland farm, a pile have been left standing in the field. The sun was thinking just behind that to find across the distance was the horse on a light, it 's third against the sun, it was exactly contained within the circle of the disk; The handles, the tongue, the share-Black against the mountain ride. They are at wise, heroic in size, A picture the sun. Even while we were whispering about, our vision disappeared; The ball dropped and dropped until the red tip meet with the earth. The field below us was dark, the sky was growing pale, and that forgotten

The blind side, produced by John Lee Handcock, is based on the story and events of the Tuohy family as they take in a young homeless boy by the name of Michael Oher. A fatherless Micheal Oher is left in the care of his drug addicted mother in the gang filled projects of Memphis. But soon things are about to change for him. Through a series of events he is accepted into Wingate Christian School, which is an exclusive private school, even though his education level did not meet their standards. During the attendance at Wingate he meets the Tuohy family who bring him into their home and help him succeed in high school, college, and reach his professional football career as he became the first-round pick of the Baltimore Ravens in the 2009 NFL draft. The Blind Side uses detailed scenes amplified by dialogue and symbolism to portray the theme of judging a person by their appearance and past verses judging them by their character and abilities.

In a children’s book named The Other Side, a fence separates a white girl named Annie and an African American girl named Clover. The fence symbolism racial barriers between whites and blacks. The authors use of tone promotes to the symbolism by utilizing children to indicate the racial impediments. The fence in The Other Side symbolists the racial barriers between whites and blacks.

The author of the book The Other Side wrote this story in a specific tone, and used symbolism throughout the story. A question that may come to mind is, how exactly did the author use symbolism in the book contribute to the making of the theme? One way the author used symbolism is, through Clover’s perspective on how she saw this little girl Annie. Clover and Annie both lived in a time of segregation. This is made apparent when clover said “That summer everyone and everything on the other side of that fence seemed far away.

Another symbol is the season in which the story is set. In the summer the sun is warm and she feels light and good. The summer symbolizes her happy and innocent childhood but then, when she loses her myopic view on the world; when she realizes the truth about the dead man, her childhood is over. This is seen in the text in the two very last sentences on P.2 L.10-11: Myop laid down her flowers. And the summer was over. Her bundle of flowers is a symbol of her innocence and her laying them down symbolizes her putting away that innocence, suddenly not without any worries.

In this story, The Other Side, there is an African-American girl named Clover. Her whole life has been spent being separated by a fence that separated the blacks from the whites. In the story, there is symbolism, tone, and audience. Further on in the story, Clover and Annie learn that there does not have to be a barrier to In the short story, The Other Side, the tone is confused and hopeful towards the end.

A symbolic content in the novel are the colors and season

Symbolism is very prevalent in Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai. A papaya, a doll and a chick, and an amethyst ring are included. These symbols show an ending and a beginning, home, and love. Symbolism is used throughout the story to develop themes and lessons. Topics can more easily understood through the use of symbolic items.

For example, as Abner Snopes burns the barns, he is rebelling against the social status of his family. Throughout “A Rose for Emily”, a mysterious woman is characterized by the symbols that Faulkner uses in his story. Her house represents her refusal to accept the modernization of the world around her; in addition, her defiance of her taxes reveals the control that her deceased father still has on her. Moreover, in each of the aforementioned short stories, symbolism is used to characterize the main characters; therefore, James’ and Faulkner’s short stories prove that symbolism is a viable literary