The Descriptive and Symbolic Conceptions in Social Studies

     Poets have often used symbols to convey deeper messages that they were either too afraid or felt that normal language lacked the power to express. Often when a symbol is used, the reader digs deeper into the issue more than if the message was simply shot out in the open. These symbols and metaphors can be used to portray beautiful things, or could be used to create a more compelling argument in a more subtle way.

They can be found all around us in the forms of flags, shoes, history, in what we read, say and do. It's just a suggestion for another idea but a powerful one that can control you and the world. As we can see Bram Stoker left large in your face symbols like blood representing life, lineage, and religion. Or the symbol of sexuality in the Victorian era how this has changed over the years to woman no longer needing to be a walking bend over backwards slave to males. Then the symbol of fear of outsiders or jews in this circumstance. Symbols are all around you just look and try to find their deep meaning. You might bite into something you

The idea of symbolism is widely understood, but many do not understand that symbols can have many different meanings. Foster highlights this point

Symbols are used to represent something else deeper than the actual meaning either in real life or in literature. In the story “The Scarlet Ibis”, Doodle who is mentally and physically disabled was not expected to live. Although, he did live, however, he could not do things other children could do such as walk or talk. Therefore, his older brother set out to teach him because he was embarrassed to have an abnormal brother. However, many years later Doodle is soon overworked until he can no longer go on, and he sadly dies. In “The Scarlet Ibis”, James Hurst uses the caul, the oriole nest, and the blood od Doodle as symbols to offer greater insight into abstract ideas that are difficult to understand on their own.

While our parents offer themselves to help us grow as civilized human beings, one of the most important things they do is present to us our culture. As a small child, my parents introduced me to the world, and what a wonderful place it can or can’t be. Different traditions were taught to me throughout my years and these developed into the fundamental ideas for my lifestyle and culture. The idea of culture that we all share is extremely complex, so it is hard to define any parts of it without the use of symbolism. In order to define my culture, I selected three objects to represent me and my culture in a broad spectrum. However odd these objects may seem, I chose an aluminum ring, a computer and a Christmas stocking. These particular items

Not everything in the world has the easiest answer or the clearest meaning. The average citizen may not take the time to look for symbols in the real world. Those same citizens also may not notice that an object could have a hidden meaning. In the novels The Red Badge of Courage, by Stephen Crane, and A Separate Peace, by John Knowles, both contain symbols that help represent the novels overall theme. Crane’s novel is about a young boy named Henry, who fights in the Civil War. He goes through many internal conflicts from deciding to run or deciding to stay and fight the enemy. Knowles’ novel is about two teenagers, Gene and Finny, who attend school during WWII. They push each other to do different things and influence each other

Each symbol is used to build a way of foreshadowing the journey from the once overruled society of technology and the lack of independent thought to the rebirth and reflection into a positive human-focused society. There are numerous symbols used in this novel, some tie into each other as well.

I wanted to give a brief introduction to the language of symbols by giving my opinion on some very common examples. Correlation does not equal causation but the pattern of association can often lead us to a more discerning perspective when examining usage of symbolism. Symbolism is used purposefully and with intent in many cases as we will see but it is also frequently used unintentionally as well. I chose a few simple examples for this video to get us started on the topic. Some of these images may be disturbing to you so now may be a good time to pause this

Symbolism is something that represents something else. Like a flag. In 2BR02B It talks about “New Life” and how a painter knows what life is really like or about. And in the pedestrian it talks about how fighting is allowed and encouraged.

A symbolic object is a powerful tool that helps communicate meaning. Symbolic objects are created and reused by us humans to help give value to our world. Creating culture and a sense of meaning for humans, a symbolic object is nothing without culture. In other words, culture is a sense of values created through history. This is important because symbolic objects can be used to explain untouched issues settlers of this land created with Indigenous people. Indigenous people are people whom originated from a land, such as Native Americans, that settlers from another country devalue. In the film “Smoke Signals” by Chris Eyre, he expresses how difficult it is being an Indigenous person in the 21st century. In this paper, I will explain how a

Symbols are important in each story to define the theme. Close observation of the symbols within each story proves to one their

Secondly, these symbols establish powerful and long-lasting moods and motivations. This means that the symbols, such as the sweat lodge ceremony practiced by many Plains Indians or the marriage ceremony of Christianity and many other religions, are what motivate people and are also that which helps to establish peoples’ states of being. The symbols “express the world’s climate and shape it” (Geertz, page ). Symbols are powerful because they encourage people, those who worship the symbol, into certain moods (Geertz). This means that, given certain situations where a symbol might be present or act as a motivator, the person might feel a certain way or be motivated to act in a certain manner. These, states Geertz are the two different dispositions which might be induced (page ). Motivations, from a

The next concept that will be applying to my observation is cultural objects. The term cultural object is an object or symbol that has multiple meanings; in society we negotiated around these objects for power purposes.

On Key Symbols Author(s): Sherry B. Ortner Reviewed work(s): Source: American Anthropologist, New Series, Vol. 75, No. 5 (Oct., 1973), pp. 1338-1346 Published by: Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the American Anthropological Association Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/674036 . Accessed: 05/09/2012 09:42

To study what makes graphics and text become messages, we have to study symbols; Symbols are human made products or behaviors, which can deliver meanings to people. Codes are systems which define the relations between symbols, and the working relations between symbols and symbols are semiotics. Semiotics is a culture research tool; it has some difference between the traditional critic ways. The traditional critic ways talk about the inner interpretation of the meanings of text but semiotics talks about how the meanings are made and created in the graphic and text. In addition, semiotic uses denotation and connotation to explains, express and referrer to the details of the images.