Symbolism Shield Project I thought incredibly deep about the things that I felt represent what I value, my aspirations, my challenges/fears, and the parts of who I am as a person. These things were very hard for me to think about because a majority of the time I do not put any thought into myself and what I think. I had to dive deep into my mind and my heart to pick just a few items and find a picture that could correctly show my feelings. In this essay, I hope to thoroughly explain why the pictures I chose are on my shield and what they mean to me. For the first symbol that I picked, I chose a diploma. This diploma is representing my goals and aspirations. I hope to get my high school degree, and even more get my college degree. I would like to major in some sort of engineering because I have always been interested in how things work and making things. I also want to get my diploma to make my mother and my sister proud because they have always told me how important school was. Getting my diploma will signify that school is over too, which is exciting because I will have the paper shows that I poured hard work into. …show more content…
It shows my fear of getting stuck in the same place/cycle for my life. I am scared to be someone who is unhappy because I am stuck in my daily motions, without the opportunity to appreciate the moment and relax. It shows my challenge of trying to get out of my comfort zone because I do not want to be trapped in the things that I do, I would like to have the courage to try new things from new food to traveling to different places. It is easy to stay in your comfort zone, but I feel like I won’t make any progress if I do not get out of my comfort zone and push
First of all, I think my first symbol would be a duckling. At my toddler age I didn't liked getting dirty, if I got dirty I wanted to be
Throughout the novel, the reader is presented with various symbols. The symbols are clearly made evident by Holden’s constant repetition of their importance. The symbols are so important and their symbolism is directly related to the major themes of the novel.
In his literary work, A Long Way Gone:Memoirs of a Boy Soldier, Ishamael Beah uses symbols to underscore his central theme of oppression and/or freedom.
Throughout Elizabeth Winthrop’s short story, “The Golden Darters,” are symbols of how Emily, the main character, is growing up. The most obvious symbols are Emily piercing her ears, her father’s table where he works on the flies, and the golden darters.
Rather it represented my efforts. Tackling an unideal situation head-on and using the distress it caused me as motivation are the trademarks of a growth mindset. People who have a growth mindset, in comparison to those with a fixed mindset, tend to have a better idea of who they are because they recognize their strengths and weaknesses (Dweck 11). Taking into account of their weaknesses is only part of the picture. Actively seeking to improve upon their faults, is what truly differentiates someone who believes that traits can be cultivated or are already carved in stone. Pushing past my failures produced success. That being said, how did I end freshman year fearlessly taking on new challenges to graduating high school as a content, unimproved writer?
My theme of my visual essay is the Dome of the Rock and the controversy that surrounds it. The images for my visual essay are arranged in the order through which I plan to write my final research paper. The Dome of the rock is a 7th century building located in Jerusalem at the visual center of a platform known as the Temple Mount (which is illustrated in the first image). The name of the original sponsor of the building was Umayyad caliph ‘Abd al-Malik in 691 C.E. (Grabar, The Dome of the Rock 62). The second image is intended to aid in the visualization of the Dome of the Rock, not as a mosque, but rather an Islamic shrine that was built over a sacred site. However, exactly which sacred site it is, is still up for debate. Three different religious traditions have significance associated with this site. I am curious to examine how the significance of the Dome of the Rock for each religious tradition effects how it is portrayed in religious art.
On the surface the message is don’t be afraid to be different . The story is told from the perspective of Joy Harjo , which allows the reader to know that the memoir was written with real life experiances .
A symbol is any “‘object, act, event, quality, or relation which serves as a vehicle for conception’” (230). Peyote Hunt: The Sacred Journey of the Huichol Indians by Barbara Myerhoff is a very intricate text which involves numerous aspects of symbolism. Myerhoff not only applies a much deeper meaning to deer, maize, and peyote, but she also uses these objects as a representation of divine beings and spirits. The deer, maize, and peyote are very powerful entities but together they form the deer-maize-peyote complex, which is central to the Huichol life. The unification of these disparate objects can be easily understood once they are analyzed on three different levels: exegetical, operational, and positional.
The first of four sections on my shield represents the values aspect of myself. I value my family more than anything in the world, and I chose to take mementos and pictures from years past to accurately portray this. I have a picture of my parents on their wedding day, I have a picture of
to find out what will happen to the ducks, he is really finding out about
When you open the box, on the inside there are characteristics that describe the positive traits each of them give off once you get to know them. I was inspired to do this with myself as well to see what people think of me the first time they saw me, and compare those labels to what they described me as once we came to be friends. I think it was surprising some of the labels I originally got, but it was captivating to see what people thought of me when the negativity and assumptions were shattered. I definitely learned more about how I should see the world, and that it is wrong to assume something about someone because of their past and their appearance. I think that if everyone knew this, we would all have a lot more friends and less enemies. Another example of what I learned is that no matter how good it seems someone has it, that they have problems and conflict too. No one has it perfect, and no one ever will. I am very content about my choice in theme because as I dug into it more, i learned about the real world. Unlike other essays and projects that I have done, I can take away lessons and skills that I can apply to the world we live in
In The Veldt, Ray Bradbury uses symbolism and repetition to foreshadow and reveal hidden messages that will help the reader better understand the story. Throughout his writing, important details are repeated to give hints of what is to come. Some argue that descriptive language is the most significant craft used. Although Bradbury does use a great deal of descriptive language, it doesn’t lead the reader to the moral of the story. Symbolism also plays a big part in The Veldt. It allows the reader to dig deeper into the story and recognize what certain objects represent.
At the United States Air Force Academy, the first experience of a new cadet is the loss of personal "stuff" and hence individual identity. All material possessions — those that signify individual identity, safety or relationship -- are taken from the cadet and replaced by "stuff" which indicate membership in the cadet wing. Clothing, jewelry, wallet, even hair, disappear as indexes of membership in an economic group. Pictures and address books vanish as symbols of connection with social groups in the broader world. Watches and calendars and money, reminders of being and safety, have no relevance as cadets move into the "other world" of the academy grounds.
In the dystopian novel, Brave New World, Huxley uses symbols to create meaning and to get his agenda across. The use of sex and reproduction, and Shakespearian writing and religious texts, as symbols in the novel help to push Huxley’s agenda that total government control is devastating, and the inner human drive to be an individual can never be suppressed. Also, the fact that the novel was written in 1931 shows that Huxley was attacking the newly forming Socialist nations.
Each photo represents how much I have stayed the same, internally, and how much I have changed, externally. I have always felt comfortable around my friends and family, but what doesn't show in the pictures is how I have changed as others perceive me. I used to be very outgoing and I was pretty comfortable in doing whatever. Now I'm always uncomfortable when I am alone in a public situation, be it literally or figuratively, I don't like physically being in public alone, I don't like presenting my personal work for others to judge, and I don't being asked something where I don't know the answer. I can't think on the spot, I need time to think about it or my body breaks down as I feel the judgement pour off of the people around me. What has stayed the same, as you can see through the pictures, is my ability to make someone smile. If I can make someone smile through bad puns, overrated memes, spongebob quotes, and other various references then that's good enough for