Symbolism In The Station Agent

Before Henry was sent to the war, there were many instances in the story where light resembled a sense of well-being and happiness. Henry and Lyman spent many summery days in Alaska, spending time together. Lyman states, “ The sun doesn't truly set there in the summer, and the nights here are more of a soft dusk” (Erdrich 2). The seemingly endless days in Alaska, symbolize an seemingly endless supply of happiness. Even the problematic moments have an upside because the light never completely leaves. Unfortunately later on in the story, the meaning of light shifts to something more tense. Lyman looks at a picture of Henry. Lyman states, “ It was so sunny Henry had to squint against the glare”(Erdrich 6) “ There are two shadows curved like little hooks around the ends of his smile, as if to frame it and try to keep it there”(Erdrich 6). This specific quote gives the sense that the lightness Henry found by working on the car, is desperately fighting for a place in Henry's

“The agency relationship is defined as ‘the fiduciary relationship which results from the manifestation of consent by one person to another that the other shall act in his behalf and subject to his contract, and consent by the other so to act.’ Agents obligations relating to their players are defind not only by contact, but by the fiduciary characteristics of the relationship.” The agent owes his/her player a lot of things in their basic care to their player. These things include the fiduciary duty of undivided loyalty and the duty to act in good faith at all times. The player is going to entrust this agent with all of their fortune, reputation, and legal rights and responsibilities. Along with all of these duties the agent is going to have to abide by what the player wants and carry out what their desire are. This is a responsibility of the agent and it must only do what is desired by and for the player and must not carry out its own business affairs. “The agent must obey all of his/her players’ lawful instruction no matter how arbitrary or capricious any of those instructions seem to the agent or anyone else. However, if the player instructs the agent to perform something illegal, like bribe someone, the agent does not have to comply.”

In How to Read Literature Like a Professor, Thomas C. Foster explains how every thing has a symbolic meaning but finding what the symbols stand for is where it becomes tricky. In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain presents to his readers many symbols that can be easily seen for their true meaning such as the rain, fog, and fear of drowning. According to Thomas C. Foster, rain symbolizes life; fog symbolizes confusion; and drowning is always one of our deepest fears. However, there are also innumerable accounts of symbols that need to be interpreted with a lot of thought from the reader. One example can be seen in the Mississippi River. The

Many people have certain symbols in their life that bring them comfort and represent who they are as a person. In Christina Baker Kline’s Orphan Train, symbols function to convey Molly and Vivian’s desire to maintain their connections to their pasts, their search for self-identity, and the trauma and loss they experience. Molly’s turtle tattoo exemplifies Molly’s personal identity and represents much of the loss she has experienced as a child. The loss, trauma, identity and longing to stay connected to her loved ones that Vivian has and experiences is symbolized by her Claddagh necklace. The charm necklace that Molly wears signifies the connection to her late father, her own character, and the loss she has experienced.

In the short story “The Possibility Of Evil” by Shirley Jackson the author uses several symbols to tell a story one of the symbols are Miss Strangeworth’s roses because it symbolizes her family and her life. She doesn’t give any of her beautiful roses away because they are so special to her. Her family has taken care of them for one hundred years. Another Symbol is the street’s name which is named “The Pleasant Street” it symbolizes the way she wants people in the town to be. She wants people to not be evil according to her. Another important symbol are her letters that symbolizes her duty to inform people about the things that are going on in a very negative and anonymous way. By using all these symbols, Shirley Jackson achieved to make this

Sometimes when one thinks of wealth, sometimes they think of all of their problems going away, and that everything in their life will suddenly be better. In some cases, this could be true, but in E Lockhart’s novel “We Were Liars,” that is not the case. This suspenseful Novel started off on a beautiful private island owned by a man named Harris Sinclair, whose family name was widely known for their wealth and power. This so called “perfect” family, surprisingly has way more problems than you would expect. Throughout this novel, Lockhart uses many symbols that represent the family and how they were affected throughout the story by their wealth. Even though there are many symbols, there was one major symbol in the story that was more important than the rest. E Lockhart uses Harris’s mansion, Clairmont, as a symbol of all of the family’s problems and shows how wealth and power can eventually lead a person to corruption.

Station Eleven is Emily St. John Mandel’s fourth novel which is audacious and dark glittering as it is set in the eerie days of the collapse of civilization. The story begins with the death of a famous actor, Arthur Leander after a fatal heart attack onstage while performing the role of King Lear. One actor Jeevan tries to pump the 51-year-old Arthur’s chest, but he is dead. Before the people can absorb this shock tragedy strikes in vast scale as flu infects the world’s population killing most of the people within weeks. Jeevan is walking home during the night when the flu begins to spread, and he and his brother barricade themselves inside an apartment as they watch cars clogging on the highways, life disintegrating round themselves and gunshots ringing out. The novel tells a story of a Hollywood star who would be the savior. A roving cluster of actors roams in the great lakes region, and they risk their lives and everything else to save humanity and for the art.

According to Foster, the reader chooses the symbols and their meanings. A book symbolizes knowledge to one reader, but holds no significance to another reader. Therefore, anything symbolizes anything else or nothing at all. Foster’s explanation of symbols in literature enlightened my understanding of the novel Feed by M.T. Anderson.

Within Shaun Tan’s picture books ‘The Red Tree’ and ‘The Lost Thing’, surrealism is utilised to deliver the themes of hope and rejection. Visual techniques and extended metaphors aid in the transmission of these themes. Symbolism, colour, positioning, drawing styles, and cultural referencing are techniques used to convey the messages. Tan utilises these techniques to help the reader realise, and interpret, for themselves the overarching messages within in the picture books.

There are things we don’t want to happen, but we have to accept; things we don’t want to know, but have to learn, and people we can’t live without, but have to let go. There is some validity in accepting that a part of you went with the person that died,and a part of them stayed with you. Adams, the protagonist in Lucille Fletcher “The Hitchhiker” has a hard time accepting death. Death follows him around and he doesn't understand why this Hitchhiker is following him wherever he goes. In “The Hitchhiker” Lucille Fletcher uses symbolism, flashback, and foreshadowing to show how Rodger won’t accept his own death.

How should we die? Many people have not consider discussing plans for dying and the afterlife. Death can take families by surprise sometimes; therefore, they have to make quick decision and may not have all the details need. There are times when families are able to successful plan for their death and afterlife.

Conrad applies an apparently crystal clear literary narrative technique in the tradition of conventional realism, a narrative method that appears deceptively simple. The Secret Agent holds great deal of the social concerns. It is considered supreme masterpieces, it is a brilliantly depicting an ironic narrative of London's seedy and dispossessed underworld of revolutionist and anarchists.

Mr. Mead in "The Pedestrian" symbolizes the light and the dark, and the changes of the times. Bradbury's "The Pedestrian," which focuses on Mr. Mead, symbolizes the light and the dark, as well as, the changing of time. "The Pedestrian" shows the changes that will occur due to technology, and that difference is perceived as wrong. Mr. Mead different while technology is familiar, Mead is seen as wrong while technology is perceived as right. The symbolization "The Pedestrian" represents what changes in society and what is different. In "The Pedestrian," Mr. Mead represents the difference of society and what it symbolizes. For example,"Sometimes he would walk for hours and return only at midnight to his house." This represents that he is different

Having seen how the Jewish minority is occupying more than half of the main positions in Hollywood, and the effect of movies on the perception of viewers. The next chapter will be devoted to the analysis of the representation of women in the Hollywood cinema, and provide for case studies for the sake of emphasizing the presented material. The impact of movies and their effect on the audiences will be as well linked with those representations of women, as already concluded to be of great effect on culture creation, impact on morality, and on the gender

The novel Animal Farm is an animal version of Soviet Russia when Stalin was in power. Napoleon is a pig who represents Stalin as a ruthless and fearful leader amongst the other animals on the farm. Squealer is a pig who is a mastermind manipulator against the other animals. Boxer is a horse who worked himself to death being a blind follower of Napoleon. Of all the animals responsible for Animal Farm, Boxer, Napoleon, and Squealer are the key ones that stick out.