THE ROLE OF NATIONAL SYMBOLS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF NATIONALISM A Research Presented to Dr. Fely Moreno of the National Teachers College In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements in Qualitative Research Ms. Ma. Cristina C. Paderna Ms. Romalyn T. Esmande First Semester October 2‚ 2010 TABLE OF CONTENTS Title Page Acknowledgement……………………………………………………………… 1 Introduction………………………………………………………………………… 2-3 Statement of the problem…………………………………………………… 4-5
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Symbols mean much more than what meets the eye‚ there can be more underneath the symbols. In the fictional novel Tangerine‚ written by Edward Bloor‚ the residents of Lake Windsor do not know the fakeness which is behind them. The sinkhole that swallowed the middle school represents the fakeness behind the Lake Windsor residents. The hole in the Fisher family is represented through the eternal muck fire burning forever. The Golden Dawn Tangerine represents Paul’s new life and how he will start over
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person--whether going to work‚ school‚ or simply to the store--we all run into many different types of signs and symbols. Signs include smells‚ sounds‚ or motions which could indicate food‚ danger‚ or the existence of others. A symbol is that which makes us merely think of the object mentioned. From the time I got up until the time I got to English class at Casper College‚ I encountered numerous signs and symbols that I never would have thought twice about. The first sign in my day was when the alarm clock went
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Personal experiences are often portrayed by symbols such as objects‚actions‚ or events in writing. For example‚ in the playwright Trifles by Susan Glaspell key ideas and characters are represented and developed through the use of symbols. The play starts off with the tragic news of Mr.Wright’s death and the search for the truth of who did it. Through out the play the women are left downstairs to gather things for Mrs.Wright while the men go up stairs to the crime scene. As Mrs. Peters and Mrs. Hale
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The Scarlet Letter written by Nathaniel Hawthorne contains multiple symbols throughout the text as any worthy piece of literature would. Although‚ Hawthorne differentiates his writing from others by adding in symbols that have more than one connotation in the book. Specifically‚ he uses the letter “A”‚ the meteor‚ and Pearl as cyphers during this novel that each could represent different ideas to the reader at different points. Since he uses this writing method so often during the novel‚ Hawthorne
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In the short story‚ “the Possibility Of Evil” ‚ Shirley Jackson uses several symbols to tell her storey about Miss. Strangeworth. One symbol she uses is Miss. Strangeworth’s roses. In the second paragraph of the short story‚ the author describes how Miss.Strangeworth’s admires her flowers. To her‚ they aren’t just “anything.” To her‚ the roses are like her children. Another symbol she uses is her letters whom were locked. Taking into consideration that she did not only write rude letters and mail
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handmaids tale Margaret Atwood depicts the inequality and disrespect that women are forced to suffer through‚ through the use of symbols. In the handmaids tale by Margaret Atwood the citizens of the totalitarians regime project their traumatic experiences onto symbols Feminine symbols are shown through food and items. The females in the book‚ especially Offred‚ use the symbols to associate themselves with them. Eggs are usually collected by the handmaids “I think
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Symbolism Symbols are often used to represent bigger ideas and concepts in a novel. In The Grapes of Wrath‚ there are many symbols to represent the lives of not only the Jode family but the migrants as a whole. Steinbeck uses the symbols of the dust and the turtle to show the struggles of the migrants and how they overcame all odds‚ revealing the only hope the migrants had to survive the harsh trek cross country was perseverance. The dust is the first significant symbol Steinbeck uses to represent
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are the fundamental and often universal ideas explored in a literary work and symbols are objects‚ characters‚ figures‚ and colors used to represent abstract ideas or concepts. The author‚ William Golding‚ uses a variety of literary devices in his novel about a group of British schoolboys whose plane is shot down over an uninhabited desert island. Golding uses symbolism to create a mood to his writing‚ three main symbols used are the conch shell‚ the signal fire‚ and Piggy’s glasses. Ralph and Piggy
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Symbols George Orwell novel 1984 contains symbols and images throughout the novel. Although symbols such as rats‚ the coral paperweight‚ songs‚ and Winston’s varicose ulcer only appear infrequently‚ they do provide important functions. Winston had a reoccurring dream which found himself standing in front of a wall of darkness of which on the other side there was something to dreadful to face. He always woke up prior to finding out what was on the other side. After awaking during one of Winston
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