Symbolism In The Fight By Adam Bagdasarian

When reading Stephen King’s “The Body” there are many accounts of symbolism that happen throughout the novella, some being more apparent than others. Some of the main and more important examples of symbolism would be Vern’s lost penny jar, Mr. Lachance’s garden, and finally the deer that Gordie sees while near the train tracks. These specific items have very meaningful symbolism attached to them that is vital to the story.

My first reason that Adam is overconfident then has a rude awakening is that he thinks he can do impossible things. For example, he and his friend were walking down the sidewalk and Adam said he thought he could take Michel on and his loyal most respected friend

Battles and fights are some examples of conflict in most fictional stories. They can be many different fights, like the epic battle between good and evil, or a kingdom defending their land from enemies. When people think of the word ‘battle’, they may think of climatic sword fights and war. But sometimes, battles can take place inside of a person. Perhaps a character may have conflicting aspirations and desires that may cause an internal battle and maybe result in something catastrophic. Or perhaps a character has opposing personalities that might clash and cause something important to happen. In many works of literature, the writer

in "A Good Man Is Hard to Find" Flannery O' Connor uses symbolism to give more meaning to her short story. O'Connor writes a story of a Grandmother versus a Misfit, or good versus evil. This short story is about a family going to Florida, who takes a turn down a dirt road, which only causes them to get in an accident, and be found by the Misfit. This encounter prevented them from ever arriving Florida, because the Misfit ends their lives. Using symbolism, O'Connor creates a story with much meaning to the Grandmother, nature, sky, woods, their surroundings, roads, and cars to portray the constant battle between good and evil.

"A Good Man is Hard to Find" by Flannery O'Connor is a short story that depicts a family's vacation to Florida that turned into an abysmal tragedy when they met with the Misfit, a convict who escaped from prison. This story is meant to be interpreted as a parable, whereby O'Connor made skilful use of symbolism to bring about messages such as the class-consciousness and the lack of spiritual faith that exist amongst human.

Elie Wiesel’s Night is about what the Holocaust did, not just to the Jews, but, by extension, to humanity. The disturbing disregard for human beings, or the human body itself, still to this day, exacerbates fear in the hearts of men and women. The animalistic acts by the Nazis has scarred mankind eternally with abhorrence and discrimination.

The poem A Story by Li-Young Lee is the complex story of a father, son and the way their relationship changes as time goes on. The bittersweet use of symbolism and imagery makes readers feel the emotion behind the boy’s plea for a story and the father’s frustration at not being able to think of one and his fear of his son leaving him.

African Americans are fighting for their lives in a war that they do not even know exist. In Ralph Ellison’s short story, “Battle Royal,” this idea is made clear by the narrators struggle to be seen as an equal among the white men in the story. Ellison uses a white woman, a blindfold, and an electric rug as symbols to illustrate the struggles African Americans face.

“My father beat me for letting another boy steal from me. Two years later, he beat me for for threatening my ninth-grade teacher” (Coates 28). He speaks on how this puts him in a “Damned if I do, Damned if I don’t situation”, If he fights he will be beaten if he doesn’t…he will still be

The young man does not know what is in store for him. He goes to the hotel ready to show his dexterity, but is humiliated by having to participate in a battle royal, which is a boxing match between multiple participants. Young men in the fight are blindfolded, “I had no dignity. I stumbled about like a baby or a drunken man” (244). The boy shows great inner strength when he chooses to stay in the fight for amusement of the white businessmen, which demonstrates his fulfillment to his grandfathers words. If in fact he does get thrown out he many not have a chance to give his speech.

How would humans react to a forced world unification insisted upon by their proxy mercenaries, who have been deceitful to them for years? How plausible would a world unification be? In The Defenders, by Phillip K. Dick, implications arise in a world where humans are governed by their own creation of robots. The human race in The Defenders are living in a tedious and tiresome subsurface world, looking forward to the day that they win the war and are able to resurface to the ruined lands, a byproduct of their “culture-pattern”. The main characters of The Defenders overcome many obstacles throughout the story when they are presented with false sources of information, a subjective truth, and an ultimate forced decision of the fate of mankind from their man-made creation, the leadys.

What defines a “good” or “bad” person? The answer is complicated because we all have different perspectives on what we believe to be right and wrong. We as individuals have our own set of ethics by which we try to use when making decisions. However, when a person encounters a difficult dilemma, that choice can impact and even alter a person’s life. “Good People” by David Foster Wallace is an informative and insightful story of a young, unwed, Christian couple that are facing the conflicts of an unplanned pregnancy. Although outwardly this story seems to focus on “to abort” or “not to abort,” the underlying theme focuses on the internal conflicts the young man faces when weighing out the consequences of a decision. David Foster Wallace uses symbolism and an omniscient third person point of view in “Good People” to illustrate the internal battle one faces when dealing with the moral and religious dilemmas such as an unplanned pregnancy.

      Often, simple physical conflicts are used to develop characters and to increase the suspense and action between them. In J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye, Holden Caulfield the 16-year-old narrator and protagonist claims to be a pacifist. Holden views the world as an evil and corrupt place where there is no peace. As a sincere person living amongst phonies, he views others as completely immoral and unscrupulous. In the novel violence is used to further develop Holden's character. This is shown through his physical conflict with Stradlater, his conflict with Maurice, and the suicide of James Castle.

The setting for this short story is mainly at Camp Gonnagogo. The author never tells you where exactly this vamp is located but he does mention Flynn and Ryan driving through the mountains on their way there. The author also fails to mention the time of this story mainly because it is fiction and it isn't needed. One quote for the setting is, "Up ahead, rough beams form an arch over the road. The camp’s entrance. A wooden sign sways from the top, the letters soldered and dark: Camp Gonnagogo." This quote was told by Flynn as he and his son first arrived at the camp. The main character in this story is Flynn. Flynn is the activity director at an upscale drug and alcohol treatment center in the mountains, and as such, he’s in charge of the play, a romantic comedy adapted from a film.

Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk, gives us the theme of violence by using three symbols of destruction through the novel to represent the breakdown of civilization. With the beginning of the novel, Palahniuk reveals the three symbols a gun, an anarchy, and an explosion which all lead up to the three main characters in the novel. Tyler Durden as the gun, Marla as the anarchy, and the narrator as the explosion. With all the destruction being done throughout the novel by these character explains why these symbols represent them and society. All of the symbols are known for bringing pain or damaging people or things. The three characters are all in love with each other while Tyler and the narrator are making clubs to cause harm to the public. Tyler