Symbols In John Steinbeck's The Maze Runner

Two prevalent symbols in “Of Mice And Men” by John Steinbeck are dogs and rabbits. Dogs are used in the novel to represent Lennie, and they way he’s treated. Dog’s are known for being a person’s perfect companion, always following orders and staying loyal. Throughout the book, Lennie follows George’s orders. One example is when Lennie and Curley fight and Lennie attacks Curley because George told him to. He then stops because George orders him to. After Lennie lets go, he says to George, “‘You tol’ me to, George,’”(64). During that encounter, Lennie’s hands are also referred to as “paws”, usually associated with dogs. He also always stays loyal to George. For example,

In The Book Thief by Markus Zusak, there are two different symbolic actions. The characteristic are how the germans loved to burn down things and how Liesel can hate the Germans for burning down things. The action to this, is how the germans loved to burn things down. On page 84 it mentioned “The Germans loved to burn things. Shops, synagogues, reichstags, houses, personal items, slain people, and of course, books.”

Top left box, symbolism: Night symbolizes the darkness of human nature and the evil that can show up in harsh circumstances. In Night, it shows human depravity where horrible crimes were committed under the darkness. Furthermore, it also symbolizes the loss of innocence. Elie begins as an innocent and youthful boy to survive, haunted by the guilt and trauma of the concentration. In the camps, physical darkness is present as a literal absence of light that surrounds the prisoners during the night.

Award-winning and movie-prone novels incorporate many literary devices, and these methods empower the story to a new level. In this case, one of these devices is symbolism, and The Book Thief is an extraordinary example that contains symbolism. There are three overlapping symbols in The Book Thief, and these symbols are bread, an accordion, and books. As well as the differences, the list of similarities between these symbols continues on forever.

When a family lives in destitute conditions, they can barely take care of their selves, and when they take care of another person, it gets even harder to take care of everyone. That is exactly what happens when Liesel and her family hides a Jew, Max, in their basement in the book The Book Thief. Liesel’s family already has very few possessions, and when they hide a Jew in their basement, during the Holocaust, they risk losing what they have, each other. After Liesel and her family hide a Jew in their basement, Han’s accordion, paint, and the book The Grave Digger’s Handbook are shown as the three most important objects in The Book Thief.

In John Steinbeck's short story, "The Chrysanthemums," he uses the flower to symbolize his main character's thoughts and ideas. There are many examples of such symbolism in this work.

One of the primary rules that the gladers rely on is The Gladers rely on order, to prolong their way of life. Order gives their lives in the Glade regularity, hope, and purpose. Without order, their situation would turn on each other and become aggressive to one another to who could be the leader. Order allows them to maintain a community instead of fighting against one another.The Maze is chaotic. It changes every night, making it nearly impossible to map and solve. In the Maze there is no mercy and normal rules do no apply. The Grievers have no set of ethics and extreme caution must be employed at all times. Unlike the Glade, it is not a safe place. The Glade is set in stark contrast to the Maze as a place where some form of civilization

John Steinbeck’s 1949 novella entitled Of Mice and Men uses many significant symbols to convey meanings about the human condition. Such symbols include hands to represent labour, cards to signify chance and taking a risk, and finally, rabbits to suggest ideas about achieving one’s hopes and dreams. Symbols are a key central device in delivering meaning, as they consistently repeated throughout the narrative and are typically associated with the novella’s many characters.

In the novella Of Mice and Men, the author John Steinbeck uses symbols to represent strength over weakness. This story takes place in Salinas Valley, California during the Great Depression. Lennie and George are two migrant workers traveling together to different ranches looking for work. This traveling leads to the tragic death of Lennie. Steinbeck creates his theme by using different symbols such as Candy’s dog, Lennie and George’s dream, and Lennie’s puppies.

The characters, conflicts, and setting all serve as symbols in the novel. Lennie represents a “wise fool”, who is mentally inferior but able to reveal the best and worst of others. Curley’s wife is symbolic of Eve from the Biblical story, who brings sin and death to the world. She also resembles all women who are repressed by male-centered societies. An example of a setting being symbolic is the pool by the river where Lennie and George’s story begins and ends. It is a safe sanctuary free from society, where George and Lennie can express their true selves. The mice in the story serve as false hope of a safe space for Lennie. Mice are a source of comfort to him, but they also clearly display Lennie’s suffering from the problem of hurting what he loves.

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck is a classic story filled with many symbols and important themes. The title itself comes from Robert Burns’s poem “To a Mouse”. John Steinbeck alludes to this in the book’s title because Of Mice and Men and “To a Mouse are very similar. In “To a Mouse”, a group of mice carefully make themselves a house and raise a family, but it is all for naught as it is accidentally crushed by a man. This is similar to Of Mice and Men because Lennie and George carefully rebuild their lives and careers after Weed, and they make new friends at the ranch.

John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men is a novella full of symbolic elements. Throughout this story, readers can find symbolism for many 1930s American struggles, such as discrimination and economic depression, and many of these representations are still relevant today. The novella also contains symbolic embodiment of multiple opposing ideas, such as peace and violence, life and death, and hope and failure. The symbolism in this story is mainly represented through the settings and characters, as well as through the allegories of several foreshadowing events.

In the book “The Great Gatsby” many important and obvious topics are spoken on such as wealth and neglect. Though there are many worthwhile topics in the novel the symbols in this novel will be spoken on. This is because F. Scott Fitzgerald uses many different and profound symbols in his books but this is especially true in his novel, “The Great Gatsby” with such symbols as the valley of ashes, The green light, Doctor T. J. Eckleburg’s eyes, Colors as whole, Cars, and Gatsby’s name change.

The Moment was when everything started to change in the Glade. What started to change? It was the sun, the sun disappeared and the skies would stay gray all day even at nighttime, the 4 enormous walls don’t close anymore, and the one glader gets taken away each day by a griever.“With the skies being gray because it quickly became obvious that the walls hadn’t moved from the day before. Everything was exactly the same.”(The Maze Runner, pg 282), “ Griever took one of them just like last night? I think Gally was right they’re gonna just killing us”(The Maze Runner pg 286). This impacts Thomas as a person because life isn’t normal as it use to be also he is losing friends the represents symbols to him who help him go through his journey of self-discovery. Thomas getting stung by a Griever helps him get some of his memories back.”Thomas felt pain erupt over every inch of his body needly pricks that told him he’d succeeded… A Med-jack said something about him being stung dozens of times”(The Maze Runner, pg 295). This helps his journey of self-discovery because he can finally find out who he really was before he had his memories taken

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.