Symbols In The Misfits

"The First Part Last" has many authoritative symbols. All people, no matter who they are, have symbols that represent them and how they have changed throughout their lifetime. Throughout Angela Johnson's book, the main character Bobby had many moments that alternated the way he thought, saw, and reacted to things, and these each moment had a symbol that represented it.

What is symbolism and how can it be used to enhance the storyline? S.E Hinton uses symbolism in the novel, The Outsiders, in these ways. S.E. Hinton enhances the story with sunsets by making something that Socs and Greasers can have the same opinion about, which is peacefulness. She also uses the Greasers hair to make a difference between the Socs and the Greasers because each gang prefers their hairstyles differently. The most important symbol S.E. Hinton uses it the blue Mustang, she uses blue Mustangs to intensify the story and make it more exciting.

In Tim Burton’s film, Edward Scissorhands, A boy named Edward sits in a castle, because the maker of Edward died of natural causes. So a women, whose name is Peg finds him, when she is trying to sell her product. She feels bad for Edward so decides to take Edward home to take care of him, and fix him up. In the meantime, Edward does all kinds of things like trims bushes, cuts hair, and cuts dogs hair which is really useful, because no one even pays him, he just does it out of kindness. Then Kim’s boyfriend Jim drives Edward into his dad’s house causing him to set off an alarm. The alarm causes the police to come to his house. After the police come Edward gets in trouble, and gets thrown in jail for a while. After Edward gets out he gets in trouble again for causing destruction of property and gets chased back inside the castle. The film is really unique, because of the characters, setting, and plot.

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.

The Unbroken film, directed by Angelina Jolie, follows Louis Zamperini’s life as an Olympic runner and World War II veteran. Different universal experiences are shown throughout the movie that follow Carl Jung’s theory, which states the same archetypal symbols can be found in all works. Louie’s story is one example of this theory being true, between leaving the hero’s original world, to staring death in the face and vanquishing it. Jolie depicts the highs and lows in Zamperini’s life and the characters that play a role in the Hero’s Journey. Each stage of Louis’s life can have a connection to the world that exists today. For instance, when Louie was a kid, he felt like nothing he did was good enough, he didn’t want to disappoint his family,

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.

Henry returns from the war damaged not unlike the car after Lyman tries to destroy it. The relation ship between the brothers will never return to its previous state just as the car will never be the same. The car now comes to signify the change in the brother’s relationship. When Henry drowns himself in the river, Lyman lets the car go with them. Henry knows life will never be the same and neither will his feelings about the car. The car will now only trigger the raw emotions of his brother’s transformation and his death, instead of the carefree life he once had with a close brother. The car comes to symbolize death and the death of the close relationship between the to brothers. When Lyman lets go of the car, he is also letting go of his innocence.

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

Symbols in The Alchemist Paulo Coleho uses the symbols of objects, words, and emotions to explore the theme of The Alchemist. It surprised me, it takes somebody 4 hours to read The Alchemist, because of how many symbols it has. Symbols range from glassware, personal legends, and being lost in life. Coleho perfected his symbols in this story.

The Misfit is a wanted criminal who happens to stumble upon the family when they crashed their car in the woods. The Misfit

In The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the author incorporates many symbols usually disregarded and overlooked by many readers. Thomas C. Foster, the author of How to Read Literature Like a Professor, argues that “in general a symbol can’t be reduced to standing for one thing” (Foster 98). Throughout the novel, The Great Gatsby, many symbols convey more than one specific meaning; thus, most times, a symbol does not strictly represent “one something in particular,” but may have multiple interpretations instead (Foster 97). In “Chapter 1,” Nick describes his first encounter with Gatsby and illustrates how Gatsby “was trembling” looking at “a single green light, minute and far away, that might have been the end of a dock” (Fitzgerald 21).

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.

With his violent killing, the Misfit seems an unlikely source to look to for guidance, but he demonstrates a deep conviction that the other characters lack. Unlike the grandmother, who simply assumes that she is morally superior to everyone else, the Misfit seriously questions the meaning of life and his role in it. He has carefully considered his actions in life and examined his experiences to find lessons within them. He has even renamed himself because of one of these lessons, believing that his punishment didn’t fit the crime. He reveals a self-awareness that the grandmother lacked and questions it. He knows he is not a great man, but he also knows that there are others worse than him. He forms rudimentary philosophies, such as “no pleasure but meanness” and “the crime don’t matter.” The Misfit’s philosophies may be morally corrupt, but they are consistent. Unlike the grandmother, whose moral code falls apart the moment it’s challenged, the Misfit has a steady view of life and acts according to what he believes is right. His beliefs and actions

“Even death has a heart” (Zusak 242). When death comes to mind it is thought of as a state, rather than being a character. In The Book Thief, Death was the narrator; Death explains that dying was not the worst thing that could happen to a person. Death uses symbols to help develop themes. Words have power, war goes further than the battlefield, and sometimes what should be done will cause the most regret are all themes taken from the book.

The Misfit is a complex character created by Flannery O’Connor. He is talked about first when the Grandmother reads his criminal background at the breakfast table. Right when the Misfit meets the family the Grandmother starts questioning his faith and past, and through the Grandmother’s persistent behavior that you find out the truth behind the Misfits hard exterior. The reader understands that the Misfit was brought up by parents who were the “finest people in the world” (O’Connor 1312). With this type of background, how can one expect the Misfit to be such a cold blooded killer? Because of his kind nature in the beginning of the story, it’s almost impossible to understand how he could just kill. Through deeper analysis one can