In Ray Bradbury's “Fahrenheit 451”, the character Guy Montag is similar to the prisoner in “The Allegory of the Cave” because, Montag and the Prisoner were brought into the world with forced opinions and thoughts that shaped how they feel and think. Both Montag and the prisoner had nothing to look back on that showed a different opinion, so they were both stuck to believe anyone at face-value. These forced opinions however, were later changed after they were revealed by a character (the old man or Faber) and caused them to shed a whole new set of skin.
The book The Thirteenth Valley, by John M. Del Vecchio, follows the story of James Vincent Chelini and Alpha Company’s journey to the tree while going under hardship during the Vietnam War. Multiple soldiers from the Oh-Deuce are unfortunate enough to not make it to the tree, or die at the base of the tree. There are multiple symbolism scattered throughout the novel, such as the names of the boonierats, references to the bible, and what the journey to the tree means. The names that the boonierats possess gives an insight of what type of person they are and the impact they have in the book. The main character of the book, otherwise known as James Vincent Chelini, is given the nickname Cherry.
In “Forged by Fire” by Sharon M. Draper, Gerald, the main character in the story, grows into a brave man. In the beginning, Gerald starts a fire in his mom’s apartment. Gerald gets scared from the flames, sounds, and heat that he goes behind the couch to hide from the fire. After the fire, Gerald lives with his aunt. On Geralds’s 9th birthday, Gerald’s mom came to the house with a sister for Gerald, but he doesn’t want to see neither of the two.
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Ray Bradbury born in 1920 to a middle class family. Bradbury went on to write and publish over five hundred pieces of literature. One of the novels he wrote was Fahrenheit 451, where he attempted to predict what the United States of America would look like in the future. The novel illustrates the idea of a totalitarian government and society burning books to stop the spread of knowledge, by following the development of the main character Guy Montag. Furthermore, the novel bring up the idea of Plato’s cave, in which Montag attempts to overcome the ideas of the society he grew up around.
The Shack is a fictional, meditative book written William P. Young. The Shack is about a man called Mackenzie, or Mack. He had a wife and three kids, until one summer trip. Every year, Mack’s family would go on a camping trip, until one year when Missy, Mack’s youngest daughter, is abducted and killed by the Little Lady Killer, one of the antagonists in the story. I made a collage using symbolism to explain my book report.
One of the greatest keys to understanding themes in a piece of literature is to look at the different uses of symbolism throughout the novel. Both the novels Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe and Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver use symbolism to help better understand the effects of white settlers in Africa as well as the mistakes that are created by arrogance, two themes that apply to both novels. Things Fall Apart uses the symbol of locusts to represent the white settlers and the symbol of fire to represent protagonist Okonkwo's arrogance. Poisonwood Bible uses Nathan’s demonstration garden to represent white settlers and the Poisonwood tree to represent protagonist Nathan’s arrogance.
In Anglo-Saxon culture, gold was one of the most valuable possessions a person could own. Gold and treasure was a sign of wealth, honor, respect and power. To the Anglo-Saxons, people lived their lives to become more honorable in the eyes of their peers. People valued others who had more treasure as it was a sign of their accomplishments. The role of wealth, treasure and gold in this poem is important to the power and the honor of the individual.
Every person has their own way of having a symbol for something. For example, how someone‘s symbol for success would be money while another person’s symbol would be family. “The Mask of the Red Death” by Edgar Allen Poe is about how there is a disease called Red Death and it is killing everybody. In the story, all of the rich people blocked themselves in the castle to evade the Red Death, as in reality where all of the rich people have money to buy medicines to protect themselves from sickness and death. There is no cure for the Red Death, just like in life there is no cure for death, eventually death will find you.
Beautiful Darkness presents the emotional, dark story of a small girl who simply wants the best for those who around her. The art within the story is done in a bright watercolor, which is very contrasting to the true nature of the characters represented. Because the bright watercolor is so characteristic of the story, when it is broken we know it is for a good reason. On page 61 of Beautiful Darkness, the two lower panels say a lot without many words.
“The minister and the black veil”, was another one of hawthorns amazing short stories. I think out of all of the short stories that we have discussed and read in the past few weeks, Id have to say that his by far one of my favorite short stories. I really enjoyed the way he had slot of strong symbolism in this story. The symbolic meaning and representation that he hid behind the black had to be one of my favorites. Symbolically Mr. Hooper was trying to explain to everyone that you can’t hide from God, He sees, hears and knows all.
The quote “The inner truth is hidden—luckily, luckily” from Heart of Darkness shows why everyone in As I Lay Dying was so afraid of talking to Darl. Darl has the uncanny ability to discover everyone’s dark secrets and how they think if he is around them. People do not want their “inner truths” becoming public knowledge, so they avoid him and call him “queer” (24), “the one folks talk about” (113), and that “he just thinks by himself too much” (71). Darl’s ability to know everyone’s thoughts could come from serving “in France at the war” (254) where he got “a little spy-glass” (254), which is a small handheld telescope, and it could symbolize his new ability to see into people and know their thoughts.
In life some people struggle to become a good person and try to do the right thing. Some people fail with the struggle. Edgar Allan Poe “ The Black Cat” is no different than real life. The narrator has a tough life.
In Plato’s “Allegory of a Cave”, he toys with the matter of symbolism to describe how it affects our mindset. For example, Plato uses shackles as a representation of how limited humans are to the form of truth and reality as our perception is blurred, due to our social teachings beginning at an early age. In addition to our upbringings, we are viewed with various perspectives and opinions with political beliefs, religion, teachings and overall communication that blinds the full idea of understanding truth and justice. It can be concluded that the ‘shackles’ limit us at a very early age as the prisoners “have been (the cave) from their childhood, and have had their legs and neck chained so they cannot move, and can only see before them, being
The lights from the city reflected the Thames River because London is described as being light, the light symbolizes Conrad’s view of civilization. According to Conrad civilization is where evil is present but ignored. The light is the knowledge that is gained through exploring. Conrad uses Africa and the Congo River to represent the evil that waits in the unknown. The darkness is said to be full of savages and cannibals it is further emphasized as being the uncivilized part of the world where people eat people and the savages wait in the trees and in the darkness.
