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One of the most outstanding symbols is her hands, which keep turning more white. This colour-change symbolizes how Melissa is fading out of social context like a ghost. Melissa chooses to push aside opportunities to create more attention to herself, which is a repeating pattern throughout the story and it seems to have a striking influence on the way Melissa sees herself, therefore when she physically gets more and more invisible it is a symbol for the way she feels left out of the general

We all know Lord of the Flies doesn’t end well nor has an happy ending, but if you followed an object as simple as the conch, you will realize that something so simple can cause an uproar in these kids expedition. These kids were stranded and left with all the resources they had, which was the whole island. To keep everyone in peace, the boys used the conch to let everyone know who is the boss, which is anyone that is holding the conch. The conch is powerful to the story because it symbolized something

In Sons and lovers, D.H Lawrence has made a very clever use of symbols. The novel abounds in symbolic objects and events. Yet they are so well integrated with the narrative that they hardly ever appear obtrusive. When understood, these symbols adds to the richness of the novel and enhances our appreciation of the novel. Mark Spikla says “The symbolic scenes are extremely literal and the symbols seem to function as integral strands in the webs of emotional tensions.” In Sons and Lovers, we have a

In the Book thief, there are a great many books that liesel comes to own and almost all of them are a symbol for something. From persecution, to friendship, to coming to terms with someone you were mad at. Every story in the pages of The Book thief is a work of art and worth reading. Max’s book, The Standover Man, represents his struggle and persecution of being jewish. The first line in this book is “All my life, I’ve been scared of men standing over me.” This line is accompanied by the image of

relatively deep in analyzing her literary work. Intricately, symbolism refers to the representation of one item or idea in the form of another with an aim of creating an understandable meaning of a particular societal situation through a narration. Symbols are majorly a form of words or objects. Symbolism is a crucial literary element that is widely used by writers to present their ideologies creatively. Significantly, literature authors always have an objective to exert symbolism in their writings

Adrienne Rich’s “Diving into the Wreck” sends one into a deep cultural descent. We look a one ones exploration into the rift in society between sexes, and the journey to rewrite that. The three parts that symbolize this are: the book of myths, the camera and the knife, the diver’s relationship with the wreck and the cargo found below. The journey starts on a boat; the diver is alone and there not by choice but the need. The dive feels an obligation to free women from these myths, to “…heal the

the crash, the boys who made it were stranded and forced to survive on the island. In Lord of the Flies by William Golding, the symbols in the novel are significant to showing the deterioration of the society on the island. During the course of the novel, the conch, the fire, and Piggy’s specs are important symbols that change throughout the story. Golding uses symbols such as the conch to portray

The Lord of the Flies, written by William Golding, is thought-provoking, profound, and symbolic. Many symbols in this novel are extremely important to the plot; for instance, the conch shell. On the one hand, the conch shell in this novel is just that, a shell. On the other hand, it holds a great deal of importance for the boys in this novel and the readers of this story. The conch shell is, though in an obscure way, present in everything relating to the law on the island. The conch shell, grants

Everyone has something that defines and shows who they really are. What they have that symbolizes who they are is their pride and means everything to them. If that was taken away from them, then they wouldn’t have anything to be proud of. There wouldn’t be anything to define who they truly are. There wouldn’t be that special thing about them. Throughout The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, the author uses symbolism to define the Socs and Greaser because it shows that it is believed that they are completely

down Mr. Dark only to find out that it’s not up to them to take down Mr. Dark but Charles’s. Themes and symbols are both important in stories. Something Wicked This Way comes is no exception. Two of the many themes in the story are the power of love and identity.  Three symbols that go with the power of love are the bullet shot by Charles, the hug given to Mr. Dark by Charles and Will. Three symbols for identity are the mirror maze, Charles Halloway, and the carousel. Identity, one’s