The coming of age event in The Flower’s was the moment that Myop picked up the flower and saw the noose. The pink flower is a symbol of affection or admiration. Before her Coming Of Age, she is unaware of the harsh and cruel world around her and admires the beauty around her. Even when she sees the flower she is unaware of the noose around it. It is not until she picks it up that she sees it and recognizes and that the man, whose skull she had just crushed was hung. The flowers represented the unknowing beauty that most childhoods possess.
The long-term results of The Flowers would be that she would never be the same. She would never be the same, because of her life changing realization. The …show more content…
In this story, the elephant was a symbol of the British empire. Like the empire, the elephant is extremely powerful. When the elephant kills the coolie, he represents the British oppressing the native Indians. Another symbol is the crowd. Orwell knows that if he stands at the elephant and it doesn’t charge, then; the elephant is over its rage. However with the crowd there, if he did not kill it, then it would have made him look stupid; challenging his ego. The gun is also a symbol for the power that the empire had, not just against the Indians, but against its own people. In modern society today, we all do things we don't want to do when under peer