Joyas Voladoras Symbolism

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According to Factzoo.com, Hummingbirds are the smallest species of birds on Earth, they can get as small as 57 mm, 2.24 inches, weighing only 1.6 grams. They are frail, yet indefatigable, dying for a purpose. In “Joyas Voladoras,” or flying jewels, Brian Doyle writes about the infinitesimal hummingbird's’ heart; next he uses juxtaposition to compare it to the gargantuan whale’s heart. He ends off reflecting on the human’s heart. An experienced reader will understand the abstruse meanings the author uses. In “Joyas Voladoras,” Doyle uses symbolism to portray that a person who fights through the hard times and cherishes the good moments won’t be looking back in regret.
Hummingbirds are birds that an ordinary person encounters once or twice, it is a weird topic for an essay; Hummingbirds are just a symbol from the author. In paragraph 3, the author states, “The price of their ambition is a life closer to death; they suffer more heart attacks and aneurysms and ruptures than any other living creature” (Doyle). Doyle uses facts to show that hummingbirds live an intense and problematic life. Hummingbirds, like humans, face obstacles on a regular basis; both have to be tenacious. The hummingbird or human can not give up, it will lead to regret later.
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You can brick up your heart as stout and tight and hard and cold and impregnable as you possibly can it comes in an instant, felled by a woman’s second glance, a child’s apple breath … the memory of your father’s voice early in the morning echoing from the kitchen where he is making pancakes for his children.” The author speaks, that a person can try to defend their heart and emotions with an enclosure; however, it could feasibly collapse by a "once in a lifetime moments." These experiences are meant to be shared with friends and

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