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.
Nothing To See Here The book, Nothing To See Here, by Kevin Wilson displays numerous counts of symbolism and has many forms of characterization for the reader to analyze. For example, Lilian is able to relate to the kids through her own struggles with neglect and feeling alone. This is demonstrated in the quote, “Who would judge you?
As each day passes in the camp, Hannah realizes more and more how important remembering is because she knows her knowledge about the Nazis may be the only thing between her and death. She clutches at the brief flashbacks she has but ends up sometimes starting to say something that was from her home, New Rochelle, but then suddenly feel like an outcast because she feels crazy talking about things that she doesn’t know
In the book The Outsiders by S.E Hinton can be link to other forms of literature by symbolism and their meanings. The book can be connected to the poem “Nothing Gold Can Stay” by Robert Frost. In the poem Nothing Gold Can Stay, each line represents special symbolism in many places or characters of The Outsiders. In the first line of the poem “Nature’s first green is gold”there is more meaning than you think; the literal meaning is the start of the changing of seasons.
In the book Biggie, by Derek Sullivan, it takes place in a small town in Iowa called Finch, where almost everyone plays sports. Biggie however, is an overweight kid who sits at a computer desk during all of his free time. Biggie eventually meets a girl named Annabelle, who he falls in love with right away. Biggie goes to gym class one day and throws a perfect game in wiffle ball and then is pushed by his brother and his mom to try out for the school baseball team. Throughout most of the book Biggie is in love with Annabelle, although at the end of the book, Biggie ends up meeting a different girl named Courtney that he ends up falling in love with.
In the book Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher the rocket ship play structure in this story represents the innocence and childhood that Hannah had. The reason why the rocket ship slide is a symbol in the story is because when she moved to the new town the park had the same slide as her old town. In the story this slide becomes a symbol because she goes there when she needs to escape. Rumors also have also stated there that she did stuff that she really didn't and all she did was innocent things. "
“Sometimes a person can say I’m sorry a thousand times and that glue will never dry.” Broken for You, a novel by Stephanie Kallos, is about being hurt. It is about family. Most of all, it is about healing, and how family can help you. How a person may be broken, but that doesn’t mean that they can’t grow into something amazing and totally different with help.
In Friday Night Lights black and white symbolizes the racial divisions in the town. The white east side, African American south side, and Latino west side. The team colors of Permian Panther High School are white and black. Bissinger uses the black and white as symbolism and says football is the only thing in the town where the decisions are white and black. The politics, economy, and social issues are muddy and gray.
They contain Hannah’s descriptions of 13 traumatic events that led to her decision to kill herself. Each addressed to the schoolmate or adult who caused that particular trauma. She’s left instructions for the box to be passed from one tormentor to another. Clay’s tape appears later on in the show, so most of the other people that she accused have already heard
Montezuma brought the Aztec civilization to it’s prime state, having extended as far south as current-day Nicaragua, as well as tried to bring a bureaucracy to the ancient tribe. Mayans on the other hand didn’t focus on conquering. They built temples for worship or pyramids for the deceased leaders, one of the most famous being Pakal the Great. And the last emperor of the Incan tribe, Atahualpa’s death from Fransisco Pizzaro was the end of the Incan tribe, whos land then went to the Spanish. Ancient Aztecs, after being driven out of any place they tried to settle, had one legend.
Throughout Stephen King's "Quitters Inc.", there was many symbols throughout the story. Morrison smoking symbolizes regret and pain Morrison is going through throughout his life. An example of pain in the story could be how Morrison calls his own son a " mentally retarded human being". This could symbolize Morrison pain because it showed how Morrison is so tired of life and also how how he talks to McCann about his kid and his weight. Throughout the whole story, Stephen King uses foreshadowing to hint how his story is going to end.
The Catcher in The Rye was a novel published by J. D. Salinger in the year 1991. It is just one example of an extroardinary book that relies on symbols to relay the message, meaning, or theme of the text. Without these symbols in literary architecture, the readers would not be able to clearly understand the authors purpose within the piece. In Salinger's novel, The Catcher in the Rye, symbols such as broken records and an infamous red hunting cap enhance the novel to relay the authors purpose. The first main symbol that is explored within the piece is the main character, Holden's, red hunting cap.
Among the most renowned gangster movies of its time, Scarface is a thrilling depiction of the organized crime which occurred in Chicago during the early 1900’s. The incessant and merciless violence exhibited by mobsters in the film does not stray far from the brutality faced worldwide, with multiple scenes having to be removed due to censorship. Despite being an overall 4-star production, the film proves to be difficult to follow at times. Jumping between action-packed scenes, some central plot points are obscured by the pacing, and only the generally violent outcome is seen. As far as the score goes, the most noteworthy melody is without a doubt the tune Tony whistles throughout the film.
The Coen brothers write about the Odyssey in their film, O Brother, Where Art Thou?. O Brother, Where Art Thou? mimics the Odyssey in a surreal sense. The writing from the Coen brothers depicts many parallels between the two stories, almost as if O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Doubt, a film taking place in New York during the 1960s, focuses on the accusation of a priest, Father Flynn, being a child predator by a nun, Sister Aloysius. The credibility of Sister Aloysius and Father Flynn are often brought into question throughout the film. As the evidence gathered was mostly circumstantial and created through assumptions, Father Flynn did not harm Donald Miller at any instance despite the constant pressure from Aloysius to admit his guilt by leaving the parish. Sister Aloysius is displayed as old fashioned and spiteful towards change. Her denial of change stems from the smallest and pettiest of objects: ballpoint pens and Christmas songs.
