Symbolism In The Secret Garden

Anyone who has ever worked hard has heard the saying, “It builds character.” For example, say someone went to college. They worked hard to graduate with a degree, and finally got their dream job. Two months in they get laid off. Their first job is gone, but still must move on.

Thought out a persons ever changing life, the one thing that is always consistent is their name. However, sometimes a persons identity will change so much that their own name seems foreign when speaking it out loud. This creates the need for a new name to match a new identity. Kingsolvers The Bean Trees and Lena Coakley’s Mirror Image both apply characterization, conflict, and symbolism to show how identity changes with names and labels.

Anthem Setting: ● The setting takes place in a community where the people have limitations on what to do and think and the Uncharted Forest. The Uncharted Forest is an unexplored forest where everyone fears to venture the forest. It is because it hasn’t been researched and mapped out. Symbols ● The names of the people in the community, such as Equality 7-2521, symbolize the individual identities of each person; individuality.

In the story "Flowering Judas" by Katherine Anne Potter she displays an immense amount of symbolism throughout the story not only through color but also through the characters appearances. Additionally she symbolizes when she begins to describe Braggioni and his weight saying that his fat bulges out of his shirt and how he wore expensive clothing, she does that to show his wealth and the power that he holds but also to show how the power has corrupted him. Furthermore she continues to point out his clothing and the colors his purple necktie, his black leather belt, the lavender collar also the flashy silver represents a man of wealth and of high stature like royalty but if you look closer there happens to be a deeper meaning Braggioni

In “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, the female narrator is greatly troubled by the suppression of her imagination by her husband and her ultimate isolation due to this subordination. These feelings are reflected through the author’s use of setting as the narrator’s dreary and malicious descriptions of the house and the wallpaper mirrors her emotional position. Throughout the reading, the reader is exposed to the narrator’s in-depth loss of touch with reality as she sinks further and further into her own reality. As she becomes more isolated, her descriptions of the house become more abstract as she begins to focus on the wallpaper and starts to see herself as being hidden behind it.

In “Absolution”, by Patrick Flanery, the reference made to Clare 's gardens is significant for the reason that the difference between these gardens symbolises the guilt Clare feels for the disappearance of her daughter Laura and the death of her sister and brother-in-law. These gardens also portray the development of Clare 's character throughout the novel and the development of her relationship with Sam Leroux, the man writing her biography. Clare struggles with the idea of the new South Africa not being as democratic as it is supposed to be, as well as black crime, this is evident through her reluctance to move to her new house after a home invasion. Clare feels that she is guilty for the disappearance of her daughter Laura and for the

Throughout The Secret Life of Bees bees play a recurring role in the novel, repeatably being mentioned during the novel in epigrams before the start of each chapter and within the story itself. Unfortunately, on certain occasions the reason why bees are included in a certain part of the story can be unclear and confusing to readers, causing them to occasionally misinterpret the importance of bees throughout the novel. Regardless, the bees throughout play a very important role in understanding many of the themes and symbolism that Kidd included within the novel. In The Secret Life of Bees Kidd symbolizes Lily’s experiences and situations through the bees frequently present in the novel to show that seemingly different things can function in the same way.

In My Antonia, the most important symbol is the Nebraskan landscape. It symbolizes the larger idea of the pioneer life in general. It also symbolizes the relationship between Jim and Antonia. The landscape reflects how Jim feels throughout the book towards Antonia. As his feelings change so do the landscape.

In the novel we follow the protagonist, a young Victorian woman who struggles to overcome the oppressive patriarchal society in which she is entrapped. It is a story of enclosure and escape, from the imprisonment of her childhood to the possible entrapment of her daunting marriage. Throughout the novel Jane must fight against her inevitable future that society has already chosen for her. We see her attempt to overcome the confinements of her given gender, background and status. She must prove her worth against the men she encounters throughout her life, showing her equality in intelligence and strength.

“Strange Fruit”, sung by Billie Holiday and written by Abel Meeropol, is considered one of the first protest songs, being called by jazz writer Leonard Feather. “Strange Fruit” reflects the social environment and racial discrimination experienced by black Americans in the early 1900s. Lynching was one of many products of racism in America, and one of the various results of racial discrimination experienced by black Americans in the United States at the time, alongside disenfranchisement, segregation, labour exploitation, etc. Although being banned from most radio stations, “Strange Fruit” reached number 16 in the pop charts, highlighting the issue of racism in America by disabling the luxury of ignorance for those living in greater America and bringing the issue of racism and

In the short story “The Flowers”, Alice Walker sufficiently prepares the reader for the texts surprise ending while also displaying the gradual loss of Myop’s innocence. The author uses literary devices like imagery, setting, and diction to convey her overall theme of coming of age because of the awareness of society's behavior.     At the beguining of the story the author makes use of proper and necessary diction to create a euphoric and blissful aura. The character Myop “skipped lightly” while walker describes the harvests and how is causes “excited little tremors to run up her jaws.”. This is an introduction of the childlike innocence present in the main character.

To deliberate these points further, the setting of Gateshead, Lowood and Thornfield will be closely analysed. Additionally, it will discuss how Bronte used the setting of Jane Eyre, to demonstrate that women can go beyond the oppressive limitations of their gender, and social class and find fulfilment. It will also consider how the setting reflects the political and social conditions of the era. The novel opens with a vivid description of the setting at Gateshead, which epitomises the first stage of the protagonist’s Jane Eyre’s life journey and her childhood development. The passage declares that ‘the cold winter wind had brought with it clouds so sombre and a rain so penetrating’ (Bronte, Jane Eyre, [1847] 2000, 1.1, all subsequent page

the excerpts from The Qur’an and “The Symbolism of the Islamic Garden” are very different than what present western society preaches today in churches throughout the modern world for most religions. For example, in the Quran it states to follow Allah lawfully, his followers must not eat pork, blood, and food that has been slaughtered for the sacrifice of holy figures other than God. Additionally, before you slaughter the animal or eat the animals, the believer of God must render His name. In churches, across the United States, any sect of religion involving Christianity, Catholicism, or Judaism, followers do not follow these kinds of rules, they would see these rules as barbaric and out of touch for present time believers of God. Also there

Secret Garden “A garden to walk in and immensity to dream in—what more could he ask? A few flowers at his feet and above him the stars.” (Victor Hugo, Les Miserables) In the Secret Garden, some would agree that Mr. Craven should not have told Mary about the secret garden and some would disagree. Mr. Craven should not have told Mary about the secret garden for three reasons, sickly Colin was predicted to die, without being motivated by the mystery Mary would not have helped the garden grow, and without the adventure of growing the garden, lonely miserable Mary and Colin would not have made any friends.

The Hanging Garden, while not a true fantasy film, uses elements of the fantastical in order to tell a story and to present a spectrum of masculinity. The film, in my opinion, best uses mystery and the extraordinary to present this spectrum. Specifically, the simultaneous existence of the Sweet William who commits suicide, the Sweet William who leaves as an adolescent, and the even younger Sweet William really allows the viewer to compare the types of masculinity that are presented in The Hanging Garden as they all have different dynamics to the other masculine figures in the film. One of the first scenes that exemplifies this dynamic is when we see, or rather just hear, the alcoholic father hit William. This shows the father as a bullying