Symbols In Dogville

Among one of the most famous symbols used in Ground Zero is the Ground Zero Cross. It represents the spiritual and physical healing this country desperately needed. After the attacks on 9-11, Fr. Brian Jordan OFM, a Roman Catholic Franciscan priest, said it was a “symbol of hope... [a] symbol of faith... [a] symbol of healing.”

The Glass Castle is a memoir by Jeanette Walls in which she tells the story of her childhood and the way she became who she is. Her path to her balanced present was too difficult and full of hardships, yet she managed to become a successful and prosperous person whose life experience gives her a push to make her life happy. It stands to mention that the novel is full of symbols which contribute to reader's understanding of Jeanette's character and represent her most important traits and desires. Besides, all the symbols such as the fire, the Joshua tree, the geode and the glass castle are recurring and contribute to understanding the struggle of Jeanette's childhood, her ability to overcome it and build a successful life.

The Alchemist , by Paulo Coelho conforms to the idea that everything is a symbol and that the meanings for a symbol can vary depending on the person that is interpreting them. This book is filled with symbolism from the beginning to the end. Every object referenced in the book was significantly symbolic. In the beginning, the scene is set at a giant tree outside of a church, which clearly symbolizes the religious and personal growth that will occur to Santiago. Later, Santiago works at crystal shop trying to make money to go home. His job in the beginning was to clean all the crystal objects. Crystals symbolize clarity and he cleaning the crystal objects in order to make them clean, therefore, if this is connected to his personal journey, he is bringing clarity of the situation to himself and in the and decides to continue the journey rather than give up. One of the more debatable symbols in this book is the desert. To some it may symbolize the hardship and tragedy due to its climate, but to others it may be a journey with rewards at the end. Continuing through every page of the story,

In the novel The Awakening by Kate Chopin, the theme of escape is presented by the use of three symbols. These three symbols include looking out windows, riding carriages, and the movement of swimming and boat riding. All of these symbols help Mrs. Pontellier realize that she wants an escape from her life. Edna feels inclined to escape throughout the novel and three symbols that prove this are windows, carriages, and movement.

The movie has good representations of the collectivism point of view like what ants always talked about the betterment for their colony rather than for individuals. In the movie, equal chances

They represent people’s lives becoming consumed by social media. However in the movie, instead of the three screens that covered each of the three parlor walls, the producers instead used a single semi-large flat TV mounted on the parlor wall. An important object in the book was the Hound, One of important roles the Hound played in Bradbury’s book is when Captain Beatty programmed the hound to send Montag a warning. Later the captain reprograms the dog to kill Montag in the case he made an attempt to escape during his last book-burning mission. which turns out to be at his own home. This is a key scene in the book because it leads to Captain Beatty’s death. However this not in the movie, was Clarissa’s death. Clarissa is hit by a car, though Montag will think back to his short time spent with her throughout the rest of the book. In the movie, she escapes when the rest of her family is being arrested by the firemen on the day Montag was home sick. She eventually crosses paths with Montag again, in the end, when he finds the book

Erich Maria Remarque utilizes many symbols in chapter 6 of All Quiet on the Western Front to help emphasize the importance and meaning of certain aspects in the book. Within the abundance of symbols used, two that exceedingly stood out were the broken down schoolhouse and the butterflies in the battlefield. At the beginning of this chapter, the soldiers describe “a shelled school-house.” (99). The destroyed schoolhouse signifies how useless their prior education is in their current situation. As they walk past the building, there is a constant reminder that their knowledge of the outside world and how it works cannot help them on the front lines, and many of the soldiers will not make it home in order to even have any hope of receiving an education

The circle in Joseph Boyden’s Three Day Road is used as a sophisticated device to convey the story, and the Aboriginal cultural connections found throughout the book. The circular plot allows the reader to engage with Niska and Xavier through an aboriginal lens. Boyden displays the circle as a powerful tool which helps the Aboriginals navigate their way through the world. Furthermore, Boyden utilizes the Train to juxtapose Aboriginal and European culture. The stepping stone from one cultural space to another raises different questions for Elijah and Xavier as they attempt to form new identities. Xavier has a challenging time hybridizing an identity of Cree and European, while Elijah fully embraces his new-found identity. Xavier holds on to his Cree identity and completes the circle as he returns once again to his own land, while also interrupting the non-linear structure of the story. Three Day Road embodies the importance of cyclical continuity that suffuses First Nations values. Through the structure and imagery of the novel, Boyden juxtaposes linearity and circular relationships as an expression of the differences in European and Aboriginal ideologies.

Proverbs 14:8 The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit.

Have you ever wanted to be perfect? Have you ever wanted a perfect society? Imagine a place where everyone was equally beautiful, and there were no responsibilities or worries. A place where you were given everything you could’ve ever asked for. If you had a place this luxurious, would you still want it? Sometimes we think our lives would be fulfilled if we were smarter, or prettier, or more athletic. It is these times that we neglect to see how great our lives already are. This is the theme of Scott Westerfeld’s novel, Uglies. Like all great writers, Scott Westerfeld supports the theme of his novel with symbolism that is hidden in every character and event.

In Cyrano de Bergerac, written by Edmond Rostand and directed by Jean-Paul Rappeneau, many symbols can be found that give new meaning to the story. For instance, Cyrano’s nose, Christian’s blood including Cyrano’s tears and letters are three of the many symbols used. Cyrano de Bergerac is a story set in France about an ‘ugly’ musketeer trying to win a woman’s heart by giving his written letters to another man in love with the same woman.

As the two dogs tied the battle, altercation between Skeetah and Manny arose as to who won the battle. Not to mention that the entire cause of the occasion was to a confrontation that had taken place beforehand at Randall’s basketball game. When daddy loses his fingers during the exact time frame of China killing her own puppy, intense emotions arose within me. The scene was a vivid surprise and seems to have even been a foreshadow of how shocking the arrival of Katrina was to the citizens of Bois Sauvage. These violent scenes create suspense of fear and sympathy for the characters in the story all the way up until the last horrifying event. Also, by adding these scenes Ward is able to anticipate the arrival of hurricane Katrina. Allowing readers to ponder upon how these characters are going to come together when Katrina arrives. These scenes also distract the reader from the obvious that a storm is on its way; however the characters within the novel seem to be disregarding it. When the storm finally hits readers are able to clearly see how the family sets aside almost every brutality to save each other’s lives. This is where the tenderness of the characters persona’s come in to play. In other words, although Ward wanted to place scenes of intensity within her novel, it is perceived to be that she did so with a mindset to build up to a mind boggling ending. With all the violence and chaos throughout the story it humbles the

I realized that the author did not order her information from first events to the end events but a quite random order, which is something I’ve never done because I believe it is just common sense to order information chronologically which I found surprising that the author would do that, she still managed to get her points across and have me understand but I think it would have been more efficient if the author had her information in chronological

This opening scene showed the audience that she has been with the dog for some time and has developed great affection for the animal. Although she was immortal and ageless, the dog was aging normally and after countless years of her never aging, the dog’s life had finally come to an end. Blessed with the physical appearance of being eternal, she has to come in terms with everyone around her who is aging. Later, Krieger does a fantastic job at showing a medium shot when Adaline and Ellis who is by played by Michiel Huisman are taking a stroll in the park. It is shot from their waist and you can see their body and facial expression as they take a stroll while talking in a park. Furthermore, towards the middle of the film when Jenny who is actually Adaline is confronted by Ellis with a bouquet of flowers is a great example of an editing technique called shot reverse shot when these two were having a conversation on a busy sidewalk. I would say that the film’s overall narrative tone is dramatic. The film could be identified as a linear film with flashbacks of Adaline decades ago with one of her many identity she associates herself with. This film in my opinion is a mix of David Fincher’s The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button and a Nicholas Sparks’ film. It has a drama and fantasy aspect, meanwhile incorporating

culture. This movie clearly brings out the cultural clashes and conflicts between the high context Chinese culture and the low context American culture.