The Giraffe Symbolism

These same people claim to be Christian while shunning church services. Conversely only the preacher stands up for Mary, while the sheriff, the railroad engineer, and the townspeople watch this beautiful creature hung in a very gruesome. the work has no hero or glimpse of light, only the elephant trainer has any virtue and he is the one that slips the hanging chain around the poor

The Original 1991 Beauty and the Beast movie has many symbols. One of them is Lumière the candle holder. In about half way through the movie Belle goes to the west-wing when it is forbidden. When she enters the beast’s room she sees a flower but right when she was about to touch it the beast comes in and gives a big roar to frighten her off. It is then when she wants to escape and go back home with her father. When she was grabbing her coat to exit you hear her share a small piece of dialogue with the Lumière and Cogsworth. In this dialogue they asked Belle where she is going and she says she can’t be there another minute. With the cold wind coming in from the outside Lumière’s candles extinguish. Showing that the hope to turn back into their

Tom Brady once said, “Too often in life, something happens and we blame other people for us not being happy or satisfied or fulfilled. So the point is, we all have choices, and we make the choice to accept people or situations or to not accept people or situations.” In the book, Tangerine, by Edward Bloor, Paul Fisher discovers his true potential when he and his family move to Florida. Additionally, Erik Fisher’s (Paul’s brother) choices and consequences greatly affect Paul’s development as a valuable person. Erik’s choices are seen as disgusting, sly, and evil through the eyes of Paul Fisher himself and are not only frightening, but shocking as well. Through clever symbols and motifs, the author reveals and expresses through Paul’s journal

Change is unavoidable. It occurs in everyone’s life, no matter their circumstances. These changes can vary from being minor to being very significant. Although these changes can affect an individual in its aftermath, there is a lot of fear and anxiety that many people have prior to the change occurring. For example, a young child may worry about starting school due to the new environment and people. This essay will highlight the major changes in the story, “The Giraffe”, and changes in my life that shaped my thinking today. Furthermore, I will explore the similarities and differences between the events that occur in the story and in real life. This essay will highlight that you should embrace change, accept new experiences and face reality

In the play, The Seagull by Anton Chekhov, the main characters Constantine Treplieff, Nina Zarietchnaya and Boris Trigorin are entangled in a love triangle. Treplieff is an aspiring writer who writes plays about dead characters, which contributes to their failure. He lives in the shadow of his famous actress mother Irina Arkadina and her successful boyfriend Trigorin. Nina is a young aspiring actress who is also searching for acceptance. Her father and stepmother disapprove of her acting career. Lastly, Trigorin as mentioned before, is a successful writer and the boyfriend of Arkadina. He ultimately has an affair with Nina. The main symbolism in the play is an actual seagull, which is a bird that lives near the sea. In Chekhov’s The Seagull, the symbol of the seagull is used to represent Nina Zarietchnaya because of her sense of freedom and security at the lake, her destruction of Constantine Treplieff’s heart and her own destruction under Trigorin and their love affair.

The Rabbits, a picture book written by John Marsden and illustrated by Shaun Tan, is an allegory for the British arriving in Australia and the subsequent colonisation. From the perspective of the indigenous population, Marsden explores the impact of white settlement on the traditional aboriginal way of life. This is achieved through the symbolism, colours and language.

Gavin portrays the theme of enslavement, firstly, through the use of similes and animalistic imagery; this is evident when the boys were ‘crouching like caged animals’. In the simile, ‘like caged animals’, the comparison between human boys and animals trapped in a zoo indicates dehumanisation, thus portraying the children as feral primitives. This implies that, like slaves, Anoup and other adults perceived the boys as savage, untamable animals who deserve to be treated accordingly. Since children are deemed to be universal symbols of innocence, the writer’s intention when describing the boys as ‘caged animals’ may have been to show how their innocence has been corrupted by child labour. In turn, this evokes intense pity from the reader, who may regard children facing such harsh conditions to be abhorrent. Therefore, the theme of enslavement is portrayed through the writer's use of animalistic imagery, showing how the boys’ suffering has reduced them to the lowest status, like animals and slaves.

The boy’s physical journey helped him in his emotionally journey as it lead him into forgetting all the bad things in his life, because there isn’t time to think when your out on the horse droving the cattle. As the boy pursued the bull it became less of beast but more of a guide that would lead to an escape to freedom and composure in his life.

Among the diverse group of animals was a pair of giraffes. The female giraffe had grown tired of eating the same old leaves and fruits. Being strong-willed and stubborn she decided that she just had to try a fruit from the sacred tree. She convinced her husband to accompany her and to be one of the first ones

Cecelia Ahern, author of Love, Rosie once wrote, “Home isn’t a place, it’s a feeling”. This relates to the main character of The Good Braider by Terry Farish, because for Viola, home is more of a feeling of stability rather than a place. The Good Braider is a harrowing and eye opening novel depicting the story of Viola, a teenage girl whose life changes drastically when she flees her home in favor of safety. Viola leaves life as she knows it in war-ravaged South Sudan with her mother and brother on the path to a better life in Portland, Maine. In Juba, she endured rape, fear, and apprehension. However, she survived these circumstances with the symbolic help of elephant bone given to Viola by her mother. As time went on and she immigrated to America, the elephant came to symbolize a connection between her life back home and her new life in Portland. Towards the end of the novel, the elephant becomes a symbol of comfort in stressful situations. As you can see, over the course of The Good Braider, the elephant symbol changes as Viola does; what was once a symbol of strength at the beginning of Viola’s journey transforms into a connection between Juba and Maine, and finally becomes a form of comfort.

Children are very impressionable during early years of their lives. They are drawn in by anything new, exciting and adventurous. They are easily convinced to believe anything. Even though they may understand it to not be true. As adults, we must be careful what we mold into the minds of children. They look to adult for answers to ease their curiosities and for the truths. In the story by Charles Baxter “Gryphon”, the students are encountered by the substitute, Miss Ferenczi, who enlightens them with untruthful tales and stories that spark their imagination. Charles Baxter, who once was an elementary teacher states, “a teacher can enter a classroom and teach anything facts or substitute facts without anyone knowing

Additionally, using analogy and many symbols, parable contrasts human behavior in the story and human behavior in the larger perspective. Parable is often identified with fable, but whereas parable uses people as main characters, fable uses animals’ personifications. In the discussed story, the main character is the elephant. As noted, the animal is in the center of the narration, but the elephant doesn’t personify human beings. The author(s) chose the elephant in this story, because it’s exotic, huge, and unlike all other animals. The elephant in this parable is the symbol of unknown. We often face against elephants in our lives. The challenge, as mentioned in the earlier paragraph, is not to judge the

“The Domesticity of giraffes” is about freedom. The Phrase, The domesticity of giraffes is a metaphor for life without life, the enclosure where the giraffe lives is a metaphor for "no life" as her life is very lonely and restricted. On the other hand, her natural habitat is a metaphor for "life", as is identified in "she could be a big slim bird just before flight", essentially meaning freedom.

It represents the innocent lives disregarded in times of war. The image of the soldiers resting his hand on the deceased lion creates an emotional state for the reader to experience. The soldier’s dialogue states that the soldier understands the other had no choice but to adopt the life of an innocent life form. It displays empathy and a level of compassion for the horrific aftermath. The author attempts to reach out to the reader by showing them that soldiers often have to make split second decisions in a way that can have irreversible implications. This slaughtering of the animals, unknown to the human soldiers, undermined and took away the hope that lions had towards a new life. The newfound freedom and struggle the characters were forced to reconcile suddenly

The animal’s behaviors subsequent to the zebra’s death not only reflect animal instinct but portray human-like traits as well. In the story, the