The book “The Drummer Boy of Shiloh” by the author Ray Bradbury is a book about young boys who have to join the war some who are forced and some who decided to join it.There is a main character who’s name is joby and he is being forced to join the war but he’s kinda scared so during the middle of the book he meets the general and the general talks to him about being scared of joining the battle.He tells him that he’s the left and right hand of the war and that nobody else’s job is as important as his.The genre of the book is a literature and it uses lots of symbols and symbols are things authors use to symbolise something.
The first thing he used as symbolism is peach blossom and moth.The connection it has in the book is the hair on the
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boys face and how young the boy is to even actually start the war.It has to do with my life because when i eat peaches it has lots of fur on it before i actually rinse it off and start to eat it.Another symbolism he uses is Joby and his drum and in the book that symbolizes how him and his drum are the heart of the army.Its important to my life because in my family when there is drama im always the one to cheer everybody else up when their down so im the heart of the family another reason it relates to my life is because when someones feeling down then im the one to help them out and im kind and i have a good personality.
Another thing he symbolizes in the book is when hes talking about the general he says that to symbolize how the general gives commands to the army and the drummer boy it also symbolizes how hes the leader of the group.It realates to my life because my mother is like the general and she gives out all the rules and tells everyone what to do and how to do it.Another person who in my life symbolizes the general is my older sister because she has to tell the others what to do when my mom is not home and she’s at work.The principal of the school also symbolizes the general because he gives out the orders and he tells the teachers what to do and when it has to be done by.Twigs and leaves is what he symbolizes to show that is how they see in the dark atnight and how he helps to keep them warm on cold dark nights.It relates to my life because when we need to see at home we use lights and lamps ad from the light it helps light up the house.It also reminds me of the time me and my aunt and cousins were having a camp out and we didn't have any lights or electricity outside so we had to take some sticks off the ground and start rubbing them together until they got heated and they started a fire and we had to throw things in the fire to make them bigger so we could get warmer quicker. In conclusion all of the symbols in the paragraphs above has something that reminds me of the events that happened in my life and how it symbolises something in the story.General reminds me of my mom and big sister.Joby and his drum reminds me of me and how i help everyone and bring them together.Twigs and leaves remind me of the time me and my aunt and cousins stayed out in the woods and lit a fire.Peach blossom and moth reminds me of how i have to rinse my peach off when it has fur on it.All of those things remind me of the events in my life and how it has a effect i the story.
In The Things They Carried, an engaging novel of war, author Tim O’Brien shares the unique warfare experience of the Alpha Company, an assembly of American military men that set off to fight for their country in the gruesome Vietnam War. Within the novel, the author O’Brien uses the character Tim O’Brien to narrate and remark on his own experience as well as the experiences of his fellow soldiers in the Alpha Company. Throughout the story, O’Brien gives the reader a raw perspective of the Alpha Company’s military life in Vietnam. He sheds light on both the tangible and intangible things a soldier must bear as he trudges along the battlefield in hope for freedom from war and bloodshed. As the narrator, O’Brien displayed a broad imagination, retentive memory, and detailed descriptions of his past as well as present situations. 5. The author successfully uses rhetoric devices such as imagery, personification, and repetition of O’Brien to provoke deep thought and allow the reader to see and understand the burden of the war through the eyes of Tim O’Brien and his soldiers.
Robert Ross is a sensitive, private boy; last person you would expect to sign up to fight in World War One. In The Wars by Timothy Findley, symbols are used in conjunction with Ross’ story to cause readers to reflect on symbols in their own lives, and to allow then to dive deeper into the world of an innocent boy who is placed into a cruel war. The various symbols in The Wars provide for a graphic and reflective reading experience by emphasizing Robert’s connection with nature, his past, and his experiences during the war.
In the book “The Things They Carried”, O’Brien uses imagery, figurative language and repetition to convey his message. O’Brien’s purpose for story telling, is to clear his conscience of war and to tell the stories of soldiers who were forgotten by society. Many young men were sent to war, despite opposing it. They believed it was “wrong” to be sent to their deaths. Sadly, no one realizes a person’s significance until they die. Only remembering how they lived rather than acknowledging their existence when they were alive.
In Tim O'Brien's story "The Things They Carried" we see how O'Brien uses symbolism in order to indirectly give us a message and help us to connect to what the soldiers are thinking and feeling. During a war soldiers tend to take with them items from home kind of as a security blanket. The items they normally take with them tend to reveal certain characteristics of their personality.
Though in his short life Stephen Crane was never a soldier, his novel The Red Badge of Courage was commended by Civil War veterans as well as veterans from more recent wars not only for its historical accuracy but its ability to capture the psychological evolution of those on the field of battle (Heizberg xvi). Walt Whitman, on the other hand, served as a field medic during the Civil War. He was exposed perhaps to the most gruesome aspect of the war on a daily basis: the primitive medical techniques, the wounded, the diseased, the dying and the dead. Out of his experiences grew a collection of poems, "Drum Taps" , describing the horrors he had witnessed and that America suffered. As literary artists, a wide chasm of structure and style separates Crane and Whitman. The common cultural experience, the heritage of the Civil War connects them, throwing a bridge across the darkness, allowing them, unilaterally, to dispel notions of glorious battles and heroic honorable deaths. By examining Crane's Henry Fleming and the wound dresser from 'Whitman's poem of the same name, both fundamental literary differences and essential thematic consistencies emerge.
To Kill A Mockingbird has many symbols that have a thematic significance. Flowers and “Mockingbird” type characters are the main types of symbols. To begin, the flowers represent the racism and prejudice that lies within the tight community of Maycomb, Alabama. One instance of the flowers being used as symbolism is when Camellias
Another unique aspect to this book is the constant change in point of view. This change in point of view emphasizes the disorder associated with war. At some points during the book, it is a first person point of view, and at other times it changes to an outside third person point of view. In the first chapter of the book, “The Things They Carried,” O’Brien writes, “The things they carried were largely determined by necessity (2).
The first area of symbolism in “Soldier’s Home” is Krebs false war stories. Krebs false war stories represents his need to cope with the realities of war. Krebs
As the boys witness death and mutilation all around them, any preconceived notion about the indoctrination, "the enemy" and the "rights and wrongs" of the conflict disappear, leaving them angry and perplexed. The story is not about heroism but about toil and futility and the divide between the idea of war and the real life and its values. The selected passages are full of violence and death and loss and a kind of perpetual suffering and terror that most of us have never and hopefully will never experience. Both authors ability to place the reader right there on the front line with the main character so vividly, not just in terms of what he physically experienced and witnessed All the complicated, intense and often completely numbed emotions that came along...
Symbolism is also very important to this novel. An example of this is the war; it symbolizes several different things. Finny explains to the head master that “We’re all
Written by author Tim O’Brien after his own experience in Vietnam, “The Things They Carried” is a short story that introduces the reader to the experiences of soldiers away at war. O’Brien uses potent metaphors with a third person narrator to shape each character. In doing so, the reader is able to sympathize with the internal and external struggles the men endure. These symbolic comparisons often give even the smallest details great literary weight, due to their dual meanings. The symbolism in “The Things They Carried” guides the reader through the complex development of characters by establishing their humanity during the inhumane circumstance of war, articulating what the men need for emotional and spiritual survival, and by revealing the character’s psychological burdens.
Bobbie Ann Mason is an author of an abundance of short stories and has become quite famous for her work and is known as “a full-fledged master of the short story.’ As the readers of her stories get deeper in her short stories she reveals a way of thinking that allows the readers to become more attracted to her stories, making them think about the different aspects of life she is talking about. Masons writing has the ability to have each reader take a look at their own life in comparison to what they are reading. Through her story telling she uses writing techniques to show the themes of her story to best present it to her readers. The short story Shiloh portrays the change in domestic roles in the Moffitt household as Mason uses plot to specify
Some of the main symbols of the novel are The Hanging Wall, the colours of the clothing of the different women and the Eyes. All these symbols add different features to the story which are important. Some add fear, suspense, and overall they all add an important understanding of the story line. Margaret Atwood, was able to successfully create symbols which added depth and helped with the understanding of the novel. With these symbols she used in the novel she proved the importance and the positive effects strong symbolism can have with plot and character
Many authors use symbols as a representation, and it makes the reader either ponder about what is going on or to make the story more clear. In “The Flowers” the story states “spining restlessly in
Another form of symbolism has to be the narrator's bus ride in New York. He hears a song being sung that he knows about a robin getting tied up and plucked. The narrator compares this to his situation with Dr Bledsoe writing the false recommendation letters, saying the narrator should never be accepted back into school. He feels foolish and notices that he's been bamboozled and tricked.... ...