The Symbolism Of John's Death

Death in any aspect is not to be taken lightly or brushed off, and often depicts and defines a main theme or message in a novel, especially the Death of John’s mother, more simply defined as a symbol of idealized motherhood and womanhood. The death of john's mom helps to illuminate the meaning of the work as a whole by establishing Owen's ideas and beliefs about death, by the loss of innocence and moral conflicts that comes along with witnessing death and, by disrupting the previous “balance” john had in his life, forcing him to seek out a path of looking upon someone else, besides his mother, for wisdom and guidance. After the death of John’s mother during the novel, Owen became vocal about his new belief in predestination, the idea