Chapter Three: Symbolism: Why are the notes so important? I think that one of the most obvious symbols in this story are the notes Ms. Partridge sent to Phoebe and her family. These notes seemed to line up with problems in the story, throughout the whole story. “Don’t judge a man until you’ve walked two moons in his moccasins.” (Walk Two Moons, 61). I think that this is in relation to a lot of parts. How Phoebe judged Mike when she first met him, thinking he was a lunatic, and how she also judged Ms. Patridge, because of her home and how she acted. Also, how both Sal and Phoebe judged Margaret Cadaver before they really even knew her at all. I think that Sharon Creech not only wanted a wrench to throw in but also something to think about. I know reading this book, every time, I still contemplated how this letter or that letter would fit in with the theme and the plots. I think that through the book when Sal is telling the story, her character really progresses to learn how these letters fit in with her life, and how maybe she needs to listen to them. One of the quotes Just as she is about everything, she wanted to know it all, why it was there, when it came, who sent it, etc. To be fair, I would in that situation too. However, Sal was more logical about it. She thought about the people in her life and in Phoebe’s life and why these notes may be to one of them. Ms. Partridge just wanted to be nice when sending these letters. She thought they may interest the girls and that they would like them, but she didn’t realize the frustration and craziness it was causing with Phoebe and her family. This is one of my favorite parts of the story. They are so crucial to the learning and the lesson of the story. As the title shows, “Walk Two Moons”, these are a large part of this book. I think that without these notes this story would be like any other book. The notes are what make this book so meaningful and unique to other
Throughout the story “Walk Two Moons” written by Sharon Creech, Mrs.Winterbottom is faced with internal and external conflicts that lead her to change.
One internal conflict that Phoebe has is when she meets a lunatic who alters her perception of how people are. She became more paranoid. She internally acts more worried and nervous about everyone she sees. In the text on page 40 it states, “Maybe he has a knife tucked into his socks.” This shows that when the
There is one letter in particular. which shows how important this correspondence is to her. I hate you. you do not write back nor be my Pen Friend I think you are the Ice Queen instead of a king.
...hemes, all of which are represented with symbols, mainly revolving around the central character of Robert Ross and the complicated relationships he has with the natural world, his past, and the perils of war. It is through the symbols of the book which Findley is able to address the issues of ethics, guilt, and the past, mainly through the personal struggles faced by Robert in the novel. Robert Ross and the symbols associated with him serve an important message: to fight for what is right, yet not let the evils of life corrupt and destroy one’s self.
... narrator, those events triggered a moment of hesitation where the narrator had to make a choice, leave his old lifestyle and pursue a relationship with the girl, or he can continue his free lancing and not take things seriously. The narrator changes, but the girl becomes what he was, a seventeen year old who doesn’t take things seriously. When Holden gives Phoebe his red hunting hat, he is making her the next ‘catcher in the rye’. He grows into adulthood and he takes Phoebe as his replacement by giving her the red hunting hat, which symbolizes the role. Both Holden and the narrator grow into new roles and give up their old roles to women. Although, they both give up their roles and grow into adulthood to the same women who helped and influenced them to grow up. These characters helped the protagonists overcome their fear of change and finally turn them into adults.
...re the reader is not able to make any solid connection with any of these characters. It is arguably only through the stories foreshadowing where both authors prepare us with little details like the mileage of the car written down by the grandmother in O’Connor’s story likewise the boys preparation of the stones in Jackson’s Lottery that would inevitably help the reader to comprehend how both these author’s reached the horrifically shocking climatic endings in both short stories. I believe the authors similar use of these three variables help the reader to understand the message being delivered through these stories of the human condition and its effects on a society that only embraces its traditional moral beliefs and values.
...common in human beings, and the demonstrations that have been considered in this term paper are not the only examples that live in the novel that call up the difficulty of considering with change. believe about Holden lowering out of yet another school, Holden departing Pencey Prep and, for a while, dwelling life in the cold streets of New York town all by his lonesome. The book ends abruptly, and gathering condemnation of it is not rare. It's an odd cliffhanger, not because of the way it's in writing, but because of a individual desire to glimpse what Holden finishes up doing with his life. Perhaps, as he augments up, he'll learn to contend better through change. Imagine the death of Phoebe, decisively an event that would be similar to Allie's tragic demise. if an older Holden would reply the identical as did a junior one, is a inquiry still searching for an answer.
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...ambles. People are rarely clear and to the point in letters to loved ones. He also references events and many different people that are unexplained in the letter or the finding aid. Some of these people come up in other letters, but for the most part you are left guessing or piecing bits together to figure things out. For instance, he spends quite a while explain to his wife how he had trouble on the train when someone tried to charge him twice, but you never really get a full picture of what happened.
The major idea I want to write about has to do with the way Mrs. Hale stands behind Mrs. Wright even though it seems like everyone else especially (the men) would rather lock her up and throw away the key. We see this right away when she gets on the County Attorney for putting down Mrs. Wright’s house keeping. I find this to be wonderfully symbolic in that most women of this time usually allowed the men to say whatever they wanted about their sex, never standing up for themselves or each other
The poem uses many literary devices to enhance the meaning the words provide. The poem starts at the beginning of the story as the moon comes to visit the forge. The moon is said to be wearing “her skirt of white, fragrant flowers” (Lorca 2) as its bright light penetrates the scene. The poem states “the young boy watches her, watches. / The young boy is watching her” (3-4). The repetition of the phrase emphasizes the young boy’s infatuation with the moon. The scene is set with intensity by the phrase “electrified air” (5) and a tense feeling is brought into the poem. As “the moon moves her arms” (6), she is given traits of being alive and having her own human qualities. Personification of the moon into a woman exemplifies the desire that the child would have for the woman, and creates a more appealing form for the moon to appear as. The child cries, “flee, moon, moon, moon” (9) with urgency, showing his concern for her. He warns her “they would make with your heart / white necklaces and rings” (11-12). This refers back to the metaphor that the moon is made of hard tin, but still personifies her by giving her a heart. The moon is additionally personified when she says “ young boy, leave me to dance”(13). She has now taken the form of a sensual and erotic gypsy dancer furthering the desire of the young boy. This brings Spanish culture to the poem because gypsies are known to travel throughout Spain. The mo...
One of the main literary devices would be imagery. One of the most important images found in the story pertains to Faith and reaching heaven. Goodman Brown says, "...I‘ll cling to her skirts and follow her to heaven."(H-CAL 375). This follows traditional Puritan belief that if you have faith you will go to heaven. The uses of dark and light also help convey the religious theme of good and evil. Dark is used to symbolize evil, the woods is mainly where this is seen. Light is mostly seen in the beginning, before Goodman enters the forest. Before it all becomes dark and gray. Colors also played an important role. In the beginning Faith pink ribbons in her hair, which represent that she is young and happy. With white symbolizing purity and red representing passion,...
Throughout the letter, Amai Zenzele compares herself to others including her daughter, her sister, her husband, and others she grew up around. She communicates a sense of falling short of others at times. There are questions that Zenzele asks that would have never occurred to Amai Zenzele to ask let alone answer. Her husband and Zenzele debate these kinds of issues while Amai Zenzele enjoys watching from the side, avoiding being asked to contribute. She compares herself to her sister and her active imagination, something that grows into something
The first character we encounter is Mrs. Freeman. She is the wife of Mrs. Hopewell's tenant farmer. She is a very outspoken woman, and "she [can] never be brought to admit herself wrong on any point" (O'Connor 180). Mrs. Freeman is a gossip; she is nosy and she "ha[s] a special fondness for the details of secret infections, hidden deformities, assaults upon children" (O'Connor 183).
To begin, the first symbolic meaning one can interpret from the window is when Mrs. Mallard gazes out over the trees and gets lost in the little specks of sunshine peering through the cloud-covered sky. This can be seen as a sign is freedom, and in a sense she can fly away like a bird. Marriages in 1894 were not like they are today, most marriages were arranged by the families, and the wife was expected to be the