What Does Myop Symbolize In The Flowers
Professor Williams
English 1102
26 July 2013
Symbolism in the Flowers by Alice Walker Alice Walker employed the use of symbolism to aid the reader in better comprehension of the story. To this effect, the author adequately and efficiently prepares the audience for the unanticipated ending of the story. Symbolism has significantly aided in the depiction of transition of Myop’s childhood innocence to the consciousness of the atrocities that characterize the world. The Flowers is a story of the initiation of a child entailing the loss of innocence. As such, several symbols have been used to create a vivid illustration of this journey. Symbolism forms one of the most prominent literal aspects that have been employed by the author in ensuring that the audience gets to grasp the central meaning of the story (Rapetti, Rodolphe and Dusinberre, 35). The first realization of the use of symbolism is hinged on the name of the main character. Myop is the main character of the story. Myop happens to be the shortened version of the name Myopia, which translates to mean the absence of insight (Barry, 23). Given that the main character is, somewhat, ignorant of the …show more content…
This, however, soon changes when she ventures into the woods. Walker has employed the woods to symbolize the dreaded unknown that characterizes life in the world. The fact that she depicts these woods as gloomy and damp is testament to this symbolism. It is in these woods that Myop eventually loses her innocence and is subsequently made aware of the atrocities characterizing the world. It is by accident that Myop steps on the face of a corpse. As soon as she realizes this fact, she struggles to maintain her childhood gaiety by grasping a pink rose (Meyer, 83). This action of clutching on a rose is a trivial attempt to sustain her innocence. The flower offers her an escape from this saddening
English 1102
26 July 2013
Symbolism in the Flowers by Alice Walker Alice Walker employed the use of symbolism to aid the reader in better comprehension of the story. To this effect, the author adequately and efficiently prepares the audience for the unanticipated ending of the story. Symbolism has significantly aided in the depiction of transition of Myop’s childhood innocence to the consciousness of the atrocities that characterize the world. The Flowers is a story of the initiation of a child entailing the loss of innocence. As such, several symbols have been used to create a vivid illustration of this journey. Symbolism forms one of the most prominent literal aspects that have been employed by the author in ensuring that the audience gets to grasp the central meaning of the story (Rapetti, Rodolphe and Dusinberre, 35). The first realization of the use of symbolism is hinged on the name of the main character. Myop is the main character of the story. Myop happens to be the shortened version of the name Myopia, which translates to mean the absence of insight (Barry, 23). Given that the main character is, somewhat, ignorant of the …show more content…
This, however, soon changes when she ventures into the woods. Walker has employed the woods to symbolize the dreaded unknown that characterizes life in the world. The fact that she depicts these woods as gloomy and damp is testament to this symbolism. It is in these woods that Myop eventually loses her innocence and is subsequently made aware of the atrocities characterizing the world. It is by accident that Myop steps on the face of a corpse. As soon as she realizes this fact, she struggles to maintain her childhood gaiety by grasping a pink rose (Meyer, 83). This action of clutching on a rose is a trivial attempt to sustain her innocence. The flower offers her an escape from this saddening