Flowers have many meanings behind them and have many uses, such as complimenting the dinner setting, or showing affection to that special someone. For example, the Carnation flower in general symbolizes love. However, this is not the case for Paul. In the short story “Paul’s Case”, Willa Cather uses symbolism of the carnation to contradict its true meaning through his teacher’s perspective, glass-cased flowers, and his eventual death.
Parable of the Sower isn't the easiest book to read. Although it is composed clear and uncomplicated, the content can be hard to take that The world that it depicts is cruel and ugly. It means even the well-meaning must do ugly things to survive. This is science fiction only in the most technical sense.
The flowers symbolize Paul’s position in society as an outcast. First, the flowers in the winter is like Paul in his community. For example, the flowers in the garden are “blooming against the sides of which the snow-flakes stuck and melted” (Cather). The snow-flakes on the flowers represents the coldness Paul receives from his teachers and neighbors because they express their aversion towards him and the flower he wears. Similarly, the blossoms are mock by the winter cold (Cather).
The Beauty of the Southern Flowers “Neighbors bring food with death and flowers with sickness and little things in between.” (Lee 278). When it comes to the topic of flowers, most of us will readily agree that they represent development, growth, beauty and happiness. For instance, Roses are known for signifying love and deep passion while Lotus flowers are known for purity of the heart. Nonetheless, in To Kill a Mockingbird, Lee utilizes flowers to symbolize the strength and character that women of Maycomb possess.
These images show Wordsworth’s relationship with nature because he personifies this flower allowing him to relate it and become one with nature.
In lines 13-14 the author states, “knowing that, given the slightest chance, someday they will bloom”. In this poem, “bloom” symbolizes the insecurities that many individual’s stumble upon within their life time. Specifically, “bloom” indicates that there is something about that person that has not fully developed. The results of being trapped in this “inner shell” is not being to truly express who you are but like all shells within time they hatch. As time passes, you begin to mature and with maturity there is growth.
In this moment, Morrison uses figurative language in the quotation, “When he reached the cotton fields beyond Lotus, he saw acres of pink blossoms spread under the malevolent sun. They would turn red and drop to the ground in a few days to let the young bolls through. ” (96). Morrison use of descriptive words such as ‘Lotus’, ‘pink blossoms’ and ‘red’ evoke the motif of blooming as a means of showing the blooming of life under the sun. When the flowers turn red and allow young bolls through, it shows the flowers growing and developing for another cause.
The life cycle of the flower eventually leads to a sad fate-- everything, no matter how beautiful and pure they are, eventually dies. No one can escape can escape the fate of life.
Flowers are typically given to someone as an expression of love or friendship. However, depending on a person’s culture, it can also mean mourning and or death. For example, carnations and lilies represent mourning, but yellow roses represents friendship; yet red roses are seen as romantic. Often times flowers have shown symbolism in different literary pieces. In John Steinbeck’s “The Chrysanthemums,” the protagonist Elisa’s loneliness and confinement are represented by imagery of the fenced in garden and growth of her chrysanthemums.
Throughout the book the narrator draws many comparisons between women and flowers. Often, flowers are considered as a symbol of fertility and beauty. In the book, flowers are highlighted as objects that can bloom and grow at a time when few women can. From a technical standpoint, flowers are also the part of a plant that holds the reproductive organs. They're constant reminders of the fertility that most women lack.
Rina Morooka Mr Valera Language Arts Compare and Contrast essay on “The poet’s obligation”, “When I have fears that I may cease to be”, and “In my craft of sullen art” The three poems, “The poet’s obligation” by Neruda, “when I have fears that I may cease to be” by Keats, and “In my craft of sullen art” by Thomas, all share the similarity that they describe poets’ relationships with their poems. However, the three speakers in the three poems shared different views on their poetry; the speaker in Neruda’s poem believes that his poems which were born out of him stored creativity to people who lead busy and tiring life, and are in need of creativity, while the speaker in Keats’ poem believes that his poems are like tools to write down what
In elementary school I had a fifth grade math teacher named Mrs. Squires, I may never forget her! She was rewarding, kind, hard and intense. All of the students in my class had no choice but to love and respect her. Mrs. Squires was an uncommon math teacher, she'd write a poem and the author's name on the old white board in the back of the classroom every Monday morning. She warned us that writing and reciting the poem on Monday mornings accounted for 50% of our final grade.
When the speaker states “And this same flower that smiles today,” (line 3) the speaker is putting human like qualities on an item of nature. Symbolism is expressed using the same flower that also represents life’s cycle. As the speaker states, “Gather ye rose-buds” (line 1), the rose-buds represent the prime of an individual’s life. The rose-buds are meant to be gathered before an individual’s time is up because time stops for no one.
The author uses the marigolds as a symbol but, their meaning varies between each character. To a young Lizabeth , the marigolds symbolise beauty in a place that it doesn't belong. These beautiful flowers anger a young Lizabeth because she thinks they didn’t belong in the old dusty town she grew up in. To an adult Lizabeth these flowers hold a different meaning, they now represent hope to her. These flowers hold a different meaning to Miss Lottie, to her they represented what was left of love, hope, and beauty in her life.
Alice Walker uses imagery and diction throughout her short story to tell the reader the meaning of “The Flowers”. The meaning of innocence lost and people growing up being changed by the harshness of reality. The author is able to use the imagery to show the difference between innocence and the loss of it. The setting is also used to show this as well.
