WHAT ARE THE SYMBOLS IN THE OUTSIDERS? This essay is about The Outsiders‚ it’s a novel made by S.E. Hintons. You will learn about the symbols that’s shown here in this novel. Why did sunset‚ mustangs and greasy hairs become the symbols of this book? Symbols are really important for readers to understand because it expands their mind and understanding about the novel‚ or book more. One of the symbols that the novel The Outsiders showed to us is the sunset. Sunset was like the bridge for making
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The Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary defines a “crucible” as “a pot in which metals or other substances are heated to a very high temperature or melted”. Also‚ The Crucible is the title of Arthur Miller’s play. While is is not completely obvious at first glance how the two are similar‚ after further examination‚ it’s apparent how they are incredibly similar. The Crucible is a highly symbolic title. As the definition states‚ as more heat is applied‚ more substances come out‚ which is what happens
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This same truth can be found in Vladimir Nabokov’s “Lolita”. Like Gatsby‚ the protagonist‚ Humbert of the novel Lolita fantasizes of attaining another person and also succeeds. Humbert dreams of grasping and possessing his flawless Lolita who has no will and who can satisfy his sexual desires. The parallelism between these situations is that in Humbert’s quest of molding Lolita‚ she is completely destroyed‚ her innocence is snatched from her and so is her right to live. In the same way Tehran’s regime
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The fence motif is one found most frequently in the film Pinky. Pinky rams through a fence to escape the clutches of two white male rapists. Pinky reminisces about never being able to enter Miss Em’s property as a child‚ the fence being the boundary in which she couldn’t pass. And lastly‚ Pinky even passes a little child waiting outside Miss Em’s fence‚ just as she did in her younger years. All of these examples circulate around the idea of Pinky being incapable of passing the line of race and social
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Stuffed toys‚ hair ribbons‚ and beginning school. What do those things have in common? They all represent childhood and getting older. In “The Giver” by Lois Lowry‚ the theme is growing up. There are three main symbols that prove that the theme is growing up. The symbols are the ceremony‚ the children getting their careers‚ and the house of the old. First‚ the ceremony where the children rise in rank. This ceremony is one of the most important in the entire community‚ as Father said “December brings
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Sometimes it’s hard to tell if someone is being genuine or are just showing you a certain side of them in order to benefit themselves. We see this occur in “Tartuffe”‚ a play written by Moliere‚ where Tartuffe gives off this image of being such a pious man. He is accepted into the household because Madame Pernell and Orgon mostly care about how outsiders perceive them. However‚ at some point the truth comes out and people see the real you. In this comedy of manners play‚ Moliere tries to show how
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In the short story The Birthmark by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ the birthmark on Georgiana’s cheek symbolizes mortality and the imperfection of human nature. According to the story‚ the narrator highlights that everything is flawed in some way‚ emphasizing that this is how nature reminds us that every living thing eventually dies. The hand shaped mark on Georgina’s cheek symbolizes the blemish on every living thing‚ the blemish that makes her mortal: “The crimson hand expressed the ineludible gripe in which
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It is through Bird’s employment of 2006 short film Goggles‚ that we discover the nature of human condition. This is supported by the red floating device held by Billy which strongly represents courage. This floating device also foreshadows that something unexpected is going to happen. The film opens in a bird’s eye view which establishes the setting of the film. The bird’s eye view also accentuates the physical distance between the siblings. The dialogue “Fish have tiny brains. They only remember
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In the novel‚ Once by Morris Gleitzman‚ the author uses a carrot to symbolize hope for Felix to have a better life or go do something than go sit in a old adoption center. In my reading‚ these are the symbols i found that stood out. For my first one i said the carrot that was put in his soup was a symbol for Felix because he felt hope when he saw it. Because of the carrot he had the courage to go out on his own to go find his parents. In the book it reads‚ ¨A whole carrot. I can’t believe it
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Max Muller once said‚ "A flower cannot blossom without sunshine‚ and man cannot live without love". The novel by Paulo Coelho "The Alchemist" is about a boy named Santiago on his personal legend destined for him. He must travel and understand many things in the world before getting to his treasure. The Masterwork is the process of turning lead into gold symbolizes the quest that oneself must travel to before getting to their personal treasure. You must conquer countless challenges along the way such
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