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    innocence‚ of which a child has. Teddy‚ being the child‚ has been forced to cross that borderline prematurely by his guardians. In Nowlan’s‚ The Fall of the City‚ symbolism and characters assist in proving that societal pressure exists and remains to be the reason for one’s downfall‚ much like Teddy. Firstly‚ the short story uses symbolism as a metaphor for society. To illustrate‚ Teddy often finds himself thinking of “Theodoresburg [‚ which] seemed more real than the town‚ the street‚ and the home

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    author uses symbolism to show how a party can represent a society. Picture this‚ a whole society in a house described as a party. Including A monkey that symbolizes something meaningful. On the other hand‚ the whole story doesn’t include only symbolism‚ it may also contain repetition. Some say repetition is also an important part of the story. Although Certainly it could be said the passage is known for more of repetition than symbolism‚ while this is a good point it fails to where symbolism shows more

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    Symbolism in “A Rose for Emily” In the short story‚ “A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner‚ symbolism is used frequently. There are several different symbols that appear as the story plays out. Faulkner uses symbolism to express many diverse thoughts. In the story Faulkner uses a rose to symbolize love‚ Emily’s house is used to symbolize Emily as a monument‚ and Homer Baron is used to symbolize the North and change. The rose is a symbol for love. In the story‚ Homer is considered the “rose”

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    Symbolism in The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ author of The Great Gatsby‚ uses symbolism throughout the novel to create the characters and events of the post World War I period. Colors are one way symbolism was used to develop the characters’ personalities and set up events. This is shown by colors like the green at the end of Daisy Buchannan’s dock‚ the color of Jay Gatsby’s car and how Myrtle and Jordan surrounded themselves by white. Other symbolisms used to set up events are the difference

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    The Alchemist Symbolism

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    Nameless Composition Two Professor Due: 2/13/14 The Literary Alchemy of The Alchemist Paul Coelho’s novel The Alchemist is the story of a young man on his journey to find his personal legend. Throughout the novel questions of common morality‚ and integrity are discovered‚ as well as the importance of pursuing ones dreams. This novel greatly emphasizes the balance of sacrifice in relation to reward‚ and realizing ones own Personal Legend. The story follows the main character Santiago‚ born

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    Symbolism In Persepolis

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    Customs and Traditions‚Religion‚ and Social Organizations impact the protagonist of Persepolis. Culture of Iran overall impacts the protagonist‚ but these are the main factors. The veil is something Marji and the rest of Iran has to wear because of new customs.” Then came 1980‚ the year it became obligatory to wear the veil at school.” The quote is putting me in her situation‚ virtually. Marji really does not like to wear the veil because she feels like she’s being limited with her freedom. It hides

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    A Bright Splash of Yellow Do you believe everything in life has a purpose? Many people share this belief‚ and even if you don’t‚ you have to admit that one event in life could lead to another. In the short story‚ “Marigolds”‚ Eugenia Collier creates a world where the marigolds‚ are the only beauty and hope in town. Therefore the marigolds symbolize something greater than what the main character Lizabeth and the rest of the children in her hometown innocent young minds could understand. In

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    Have you ever felt like you have no time for yourself because you have been doing too much for others? Sound familiar? It does to me too. I am Solara‚ daughter of Luna and Sol. I live high up in the mountains with my husband‚ the God of Rest‚ named Morpheus‚ and my two little girls‚ Gia and Ria. My symbol is a group of seven different colored energy balls stacked on top of one another. They give off a variety of energy forms representing each day of the week. I was born out of the solar eclipse

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    In John Steinbeck’s “The Chrysanthemums”‚ the reader visits Salinas Valley‚ California‚ where we meet a depression era ranch wife Elisa Allen. Elisa‚ married but lacks children takes great care in gardening‚ specifically raising Chrysanthemums or mums. Steinbeck exercises setting to create to an environment that reflects that Elisa has a lack of fulfillment. This includes extreme care of her “mums”‚ the environment surrounding her‚ also‚ how she covers up her femininity while gardening. As the story

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    Ratatouille essay Certain themes of the Eucharist are present in the movie Ratatouille. Specifically present‚ in Anto‚ the final scene‚ Remy‚ and the preparation of food. The Ratatouille made by Remy for Anto symbolizes the Eucharist. Ratatouille‚ being a common food‚ symbolizes the use of bread and wine as the body and blood of Jesus because all are easily found and can be consumed by anyone no matter what economic class they are in‚ also the vegetables in the ratatouille in the movie are shaped

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