In the books Challenger Deep by Neal Shusterman , and The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge , the act of symbolism is a very important factor in them. Both books have great meaning and the symbolism carried throughout the books helps the readers understand how important it was and how it affected them. The symbolism also helps the readers understand how the character was feeling and the recurring action in the book . Although the two books are very different , the symbolism in them help them to be more understanding and very much alike . In Neal Shusterman’ s Challenger Deep he uses symbolism to make the reader think and put themselves in Caden’s situation. Symbolism is used throughout this book so that the readers can …show more content…
In Challenger Deep and The Rime of the Ancient Mariner , many of the scenes in the book take place in a ship , a ship symbolizes how the characters will be going through a journey and will end up at a different place than where they started . The parrot that Caden talks about relates to the albatross and the connection with the sailors, they battle with the characters in which side to choose . In Challenger Deep , Caden is fighting with his mental illness and his doctor and doesn’t know which one to trust , the parrot tells him to kill the captain as the captain tells him to kill the parrot . Although he needs help with his illness , this creates a bigger problem with him . In The Rime of the Ancient Mariner , the sailors are fighting with the sailor at first that he’d killed the albatross because it was helping them with the breeze that was moving the ship . When the Mariner had killed the albatross , it created chaos in the ship and caused the sailors to fight with the Mariner . Because the Mariner was the captain of their ship , they had listened to him and agreed that the albatross was bad luck , which has brought bad luck to them the rest of the journey