He eventually moves to Alaska and wants to run the Iditarod. He tells his stories and explains his relationships with the dogs. He explains the struggles using the literary concepts of symbols, theme, and metaphors to expand the reader’s understanding or the text. Symbol is an object representing something else. It is a concept or idea that uses something else to show it.
In a book “Among the Hidden” by Margaret Peterson Haddix, symbolism is used to create a powerful feeling with a place or thing. For example, Luke (the main protagonist) was "... always safe and protected by the house and the barn and the woods. Until they took the woods away." (pg. 11) The woods were Luke’s playground where he didn’t have to worry about being seen, his only safeguard and protection from the Population Police.
All three of novels have different and unique symbols, but there is at least one that represents the same aspect that is necessary for this type of genre: freedom and hope. In Fahrenheit 451, it was Clarisse and her bright nature that unintentionally provoked Montag to discover what it meant to have freedom. It was the light that Equality invented in Anthem that provided hope along with the Uncharted Forest representing the potential freedom that he could away from the society. Finally, the Sun represented hope along with normalcy in The Maze Runner for the Gladers, something they had not realized until it was gone from their lives. In Dystopian Literature, hope and freedom is needed along with the symbol(s) necessary to symbolize those two aspects.
Another example of usage of symbolism in this book would be Alcohol. Alcohol is used as a symbol to convey a deeper meaning. Alcohol in this novel symbolizes that many of the characters face problems and obstacles that are very difficult, but they don’t really face them head-on. They try to escape from their problems in many ways, and the main one is alcohol. The characters are having tough times in their lives, where they really don’t know what to do and how to handle their obstacles or setbacks to be happy.
Also a symbol can mean something in real life. Could be a person or an object. In this story there were a lot of different symbols with different
The numerous symbols throughout help the reader to get a deeper understanding of the characters and further develop the story. The symbols
In society, symbols are extremely prominent, yet they seem to operate as a product of pure laziness. For example, “red” is a symbol for hot or stop, but the words are rarely ever spelled for a person to read. However, this is not similar to symbolism in literature. Authors use symbolism to challenge the reader’s critical thinking skills, which is the polar opposite of society’s use. In both passages from The Scarlet Letter and The Great Gatsby, their respective authors use similar and contrasting symbolism, which enhance their overarching themes, as well as the reader’s critical thinking skills.
Authors use symbols in literary to show you gateways into themes. Some are easily noticed but some are much more complex. In his literary work, A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier, Ishmael Beah uses symbols to underscore his central theme of oppression and freedom. The symbols used in this literary work to show the theme of freedom are the moon and the cassette tape Ishmael had from his childhood rap group. The symbol used to represent the theme of oppression is Ishmael’s dreams or nightmares.
“[Symbolism] is about allowing [the author] to say something more effectively.” (Chapman). Symbolism is important in a novel in order to get a point across to the reader. In 1984 by George Orwell, many symbols are used as a creative way to portray the themes of the novel. Orwell uses the telescreens, the red armed prole woman, and the glass paperweight to symbolize freedom or lack thereof in Oceania.
Symbols are used all throughout the book to add depth to the story. One example of this would be how the children all receive different things as they get older, and how each item has something to represent. A quote that shows this is “females lost their braids at Ten, and males, too, relinquished their long childish hair and took on the more manly short style which exposed their ears” (p. 46) A second symbol in the book is Jonas seeing the color red which is a very “Emotionally intense color” and symbolizes the arrival in conflicting emotions in Jonas. A third and final example
Symbolism in “The Birthmark” by Nathaniel Hawthorne Symbolism is a figure of speech that is used when an author wants to create a certain mood or emotion in a work of literature. It is the use of an object, person, situation or word to represent something else, like an idea, in literature. Many writers use symbolism in their works and Nathaniel Hawthorne, who was a 19th century American novelist and Dark Romantic, is not an exception. His works usually represent the dark and evil side of human nature and are filled with symbolism from bible, nature, etc.
Many times books incorporate a symbol that represents something beyond its literal meaning. The book contains a very important symbol that leads to the plot of the book. Throughout the book, we are shown that because Liza saw the incident while video chatting with Molly she calls the cops, which leads to the plot of the story. The book “Forget You Know Me” includes the important symbol of a computer to reveal Daniel’s plan in hopes of fixing his marriage.
A literary symbol is usually defined as something to signify ideas and/or meaning by giving a symbolic meaning, contradicting or being different from the literal meaning. Usually these types of symbols are used to develop a more deep, and significant meaning. Just as a cathedral's literal meaning is to offer a place for the religious to worship, the narrator’s drawing of a cathedral has opened a door for him into a deeper place in his own world where he can see beyond what is immediately visible to him; Breaking free from the monotony of his every day life, and what he lacks to see and embrace because of
“Symbolism is the use of symbols to signify ideas and qualities by giving them symbolic meanings that are different from their literal sense.” Symbols can add a deeper meaning than just an object itself that the author is trying to make. Symbols can also foreshadow what is yet to come. The audience can interpret a symbol in many ways it depends on their experience. In Southside Chicago the Younger family is struggling to have hope as they are always facing society.
Symbolism in general is the building blocks to all sources of literature and can shape a piece of writing in many ways. Symbols in general can portray what something or someone represents, giving a deeper and metaphorical meaning to a symbol. Symbolism is often used within poetry, literature, music, or even art. This is how an author conveys a different meaning to the audience. For example artists may use the color “red” not only because of the color theory, but to convey love, passion, and maybe even health.
