My Mother's Blue Bowl

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In Alice Walker’s short story “My Mother’s Blue Bowl”, she enhances on the theme of love through literary devices. It is seen through symbolism, repetition and foreshadowing. The authors introductory and conclusion paragraphs highlights the evidence of the theme. Symbolism is illustrated throughout the story. The blue bowl is important to her because it symbolizes the memories she had with her mother when she says “For the blue bowl especially was a cauldron of memories” (Walker, 254). It is a representation of her mother’s love and warmth. The importance of the blue bowl represents the emotional and physical love of her mother.
Furthermore, she expressed this love through a series of repetition when she says in her concluding paragraph

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