In the book The Other Side, a young girl named Clover is the storyteller. The story has an overall tone of curiosity and childlike feelings. The story is based upon the segregation and discrimination people faced in the 1800’s and the 1900’s. The story explains how even though segregation had a tremendous impact on people thoughts and feelings towards another race, two young girls came together and broke the barriers of segregation. The two girls did not see color, they did not judge or mistreat one another based upon the color of their skin. The story uses symbolism throughout the book, one example is when Clover indicated the following, “That summer the fence that stretched through our town seemed bigger. We lived in a yellow house on one
The first sign of symbolism in the story is fire which in the book stands for all the death that happens. The first example of fire in the story is Madam Shcacter when she sees the fire outside of the train car. Next is the burning ditch of babies. They would bring in truckloads of babies and dump them into the fiery ditch.
Symbolism is very prevalent in Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai. A papaya, a doll and a chick, and an amethyst ring are included. These symbols show an ending and a beginning, home, and love. Symbolism is used throughout the story to develop themes and lessons. Topics can more easily understood through the use of symbolic items.
Symbolism is the use of symbols with the objective of showing a quality or idea, and it is used frequently throughout the story. First, another example of symbolism is that the rain towards the end of the tale symbolizes society’s opinion and social norms. When there is a treacherous storm, Brother runs and leaves Doodle in the storm. In the story it is said is said that there was a “wall of rain” dividing the two siblings. As Brother sprinted away, the wall of distance grew between the two of them, representing how it was a more common choice for people to keep their distance from Doodle. It is shown, “I ran as fast as I could, leaving him far behind with a wall of rain dividing us,” (6). The social norm of walking and being active caused Brother to start his “program” to teach Doodle to accomplish these tasks. This is not the only example of symbolism in the tale. Next, the scarlet ibis is the main symbol of the story, and it has earned the title. A beautiful, exquisite scarlet ibis was found in the family’s yard. It swayed unsteadily on the branch it was resting on, then it fell to the earth and died. Although its passing was tragic, the bird was delicate and beautiful. With careful research, one can discover that scarlet ibises typically live in numerous parts of
Another powerful symbolisms was when Jim meets the girls for a picnic. The symbol of the plow against the powerful sun. The third symbol is the rattlesnake and it 's symbol of Jim becoming a man. The girls reminisce as does Jim at the picnic. The girls remember the beautiful wonderful memories of their homelands and contemplate they 're great struggles to make it in America. At the end of their picnic the silhouette of the pile against the setting sun symbolizes the plow like the pioneer spirit of strength, beauty in all inspiring greatness of nature like the sun. “Presently we saw a curious thing: there were no clouds, the sun was going down in a limpid, gold-wash sky. Just as the lower edge of the red disc rested on the high fields against the horizon, and black figure suddenly appeared on the face of the sun. We swing trophy, straining our eyes toward it. In a moment we realized what it was. And some upland farm, a pile have been left standing in the field. The sun was thinking just behind that to find across the distance was the horse on a light, it 's third against the sun, it was exactly contained within the circle of the disk; The handles, the tongue, the share-Black against the mountain ride. They are at wise, heroic in size, A picture the sun. Even while we were whispering about, our vision disappeared; The ball dropped and dropped until the red tip meet with the earth. The field below us was dark, the sky was growing pale, and that forgotten
In a children’s book named The Other Side, a fence separates a white girl named Annie and an African American girl named Clover. The fence symbolism racial barriers between whites and blacks. The authors use of tone promotes to the symbolism by utilizing children to indicate the racial impediments. The fence in The Other Side symbolists the racial barriers between whites and blacks.
The author of the book The Other Side wrote this story in a specific tone, and used symbolism throughout the story. A question that may come to mind is, how exactly did the author use symbolism in the book contribute to the making of the theme? One way the author used symbolism is, through Clover’s perspective on how she saw this little girl Annie. Clover and Annie both lived in a time of segregation. This is made apparent when clover said “That summer everyone and everything on the other side of that fence seemed far away.
The beginning of To Live also demonstrates a different lifestyle than the strict operatic performing path in Farewell My Concubine. The film fades into the 1940’s with a man named Xu Fugui, who was the son of a rich man. Gambling was his daily activity, and he would often put his risky intuitions above his wife and daughter. He was seen as arrogant through his self-satisfied facial expressions, up until the moment when his gambling opponent Long’er rigged the game of dice. After losing the game, Fugui’s quickly changed his egotistic gestures, which resembled shock and desperation, and he became homeless for a while. Soon after, he became an entertainer for local folks by using simple backlighting and puppets as shadows. It was part of the Chinese
In this story, The Other Side, there is an African-American girl named Clover. Her whole life has been spent being separated by a fence that separated the blacks from the whites. In the story, there is symbolism, tone, and audience. Further on in the story, Clover and Annie learn that there does not have to be a barrier to In the short story, The Other Side, the tone is confused and hopeful towards the end.
Often, an author uses figurative language to build upon the story and to create a more meaningful message. The text,“A Private Talk with Holly” uses symbolism to express the main idea that
Lorraine Hansberry’s first and most obvious symbol used in her play, is Mama’s plant. Mama’s plant is really old and it lacks very much of what it needs to maintain healthy and stay alive. The plant symbolizes several things. One of the things it represents is Mama’s care for her family. Just like Mama -cares for her plant even though it is old and lacks nourishment. She still takes car^&e of it, waters it, and gives it the sunlight it can get. This represents Mama’s care for her family because her family is falling apart but she still cares for them, gives them a roof to live under, and she has hope that things will get better. Another thing that Mama’s plant represents is Mama’s dream. Mama has a dream of someday having her own garden and a house of her own. Mama’s quote in Act I Scene I, “Well, i always wanted me a garden like i used to see sometimes at the back of houses down home.
A symbolic content in the novel are the colors and season
For example, as Abner Snopes burns the barns, he is rebelling against the social status of his family. Throughout “A Rose for Emily”, a mysterious woman is characterized by the symbols that Faulkner uses in his story. Her house represents her refusal to accept the modernization of the world around her; in addition, her defiance of her taxes reveals the control that her deceased father still has on her. Moreover, in each of the aforementioned short stories, symbolism is used to characterize the main characters; therefore, James’ and Faulkner’s short stories prove that symbolism is a viable literary
The blind side, produced by John Lee Handcock, is based on the story and events of the Tuohy family as they take in a young homeless boy by the name of Michael Oher. A fatherless Micheal Oher is left in the care of his drug addicted mother in the gang filled projects of Memphis. But soon things are about to change for him. Through a series of events he is accepted into Wingate Christian School, which is an exclusive private school, even though his education level did not meet their standards. During the attendance at Wingate he meets the Tuohy family who bring him into their home and help him succeed in high school, college, and reach his professional football career as he became the first-round pick of the Baltimore Ravens in the 2009 NFL draft. The Blind Side uses detailed scenes amplified by dialogue and symbolism to portray the theme of judging a person by their appearance and past verses judging them by their character and abilities.
Another symbol is the season in which the story is set. In the summer the sun is warm and she feels light and good. The summer symbolizes her happy and innocent childhood but then, when she loses her myopic view on the world; when she realizes the truth about the dead man, her childhood is over. This is seen in the text in the two very last sentences on P.2 L.10-11: Myop laid down her flowers. And the summer was over. Her bundle of flowers is a symbol of her innocence and her laying them down symbolizes her putting away that innocence, suddenly not without any worries.
In John Steinbeck’s “The Chrysanthemums”, he uses the chrysanthemums, fence, and garden to symbolize Elisa’s thoughts and feelings throughout his story. He uses these symbols to show love, neglect, loneliness, protection, and passion for his characters.