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Johann David Wysss The Swiss Family Robinson was first published in the year of 1812. This is a good story for anyone to read. It teaches many moral values and it is a good example of a family in distress that work together to keep alive. It just goes to show that anyone can survive anything when working together. When a family of four boys, a mother, and a father are shipwrecked on a desolate tropical island, they are forced to work together in a world of no civilization they create an atmosphere of their own that soon becomes civilized.This story is a very well composed book, because it includes everything that a good story should have. I especially enjoy how well the family works together. With so many problems, I would think that they would go mad. With four children, I especially admire the parents for the great encouragement they give their kids. An example of this is on the day of the island sports carnival. "Shooting, running, riding, leaping, climbing, swimming we will ha...

Bartleby By MilvilleSince he will not quit me, I must quit him. "Ah Bartleby, Ah Humanity."(Page 140, Herman Melville) This is the key to Bartleby, written by HermanMelville, for it indicates that Bartleby stands as a symbol for humanity. Thisin turn functions as a commentary on society and the working world, for Bartlebyis a seemingly homeless, mentally disturbed scrivener who gives up on theprospect of living life. However, by doing so Bartleby is attempting to exercisehis freewill, for he would "prefer not to" work. His relationship to thenarrator is thus significant, for as he attempts to exercise his freewill he isbreaking from the will of the narrator and the normal progression of life.However, this attempt to exercise his freewill and break loose from the confinesof typical societal functions, isolates Bartleby from society, which in turnplaces him in a state of depression and soon there after, death. Ultimately, byhaving Bartleby "prefer not to," M...

Coyote In Tortilla Curtain The Coyote In The Tortilla Curtain by T. Coraghessan Boyle, the authorrepeatedly draws parallels between the actual coyote and the figurative coyote.Boyle uses the actual coyote to show how the animal actually is. In this novelthe coyote acts as a symbol for many things. Boyle parallels the figurativecoyote with Jose Navidad who is portrayed as the bad character in the novel.Boyle also uses the coyote to parallel the illegal immigrants and the way thecoyote lives. Candido is one of the main characters in the novel that is anillegal Mexican and is paralleled to the coyote. Boyle points out how the coyoteis symbolic of illegal aliens. He also shows the meanings of the literal coyoteto the real animal itself. In each of these cases, we see how the coyote playsan important role in The Tortilla Curtain. The coyote in this novel is symbolictowards the characters' actions and their way of life. In the first part ofthe novel entitled "Arroyo Blanco" w...

Animal Farm Book AnalysisThis story is about a farm in England, originally called Manor Farm, which undergoes drastic social change in government, and collective behavior. On this farm lives a highly humanistic society of animals with individual personalities, capable of language and thought process. Manor Farm is representative of a low-income country that is unhappy with its government, and stages a political revolution in hopes of improving living conditions on the farm, but ultimately the only thing that is accomplished is changing the name from Manor Farm to Animal Farm. The main theme of Animal Farm is to analyze the strengths and weaknesses of communism, show the readers how easily a society can be enticed by the supposed equality of all, and how this form of government ultimately will not work. Many of the animals on this farm symbolize certain people or groups of people throughout history. The two most prominent leaders of the animals are both pigs. Snowball, is organized and ...

Symbolism and Characters in "The Virgin Suicides" Symbolism and Characters in "The Virgin Suicides"The Virgin Suicides by Jeffery Eugenides is coated with symbolism from beginning to end. Eugenides utilizes many metaphors, comparing inadement objects with abstract ideas. The author inputs these abstract ideas, comparing the condition of the house relating to the decay of the Lisbons, the behavior of the characters to animals, and the insects to death and despair. As the snapshot shows, the slate roof had not yet begun to shed its shingles, the porch was still visible above the bushes, and the windows were not yet held together with strips of masking tape. (5) This photo was snapped before the first suicide attempt, when the soul of the Lisbons still contained spirit and hope. However, the narrators description of the picture foreshadowed what would occur to both the house, and more importantly, the Lisbon family. As struggles began within the Lisbon family, the hous...

Fahrenheit 451 Symbolism Fahrenheit 451 Symbolism Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury is a futuristic novel, taking the reader to a time where books and thinking are outlawed. In a time so dreadful where those who want to better themselves by thinking and by reading are outlaws as well. Books are burned physically, and ideas are burned from the mind. Bradbury uses literary devices, such as symbolism, but it is the idea he wants to convey that makes this novel so devastating. Bradbury warns us of what may happen if we stop expressing our ideas, and we let people take away our books, and thoughts. That is what he is speaking out against. Bradbury incorporates symbolism into his book. He expresses it through the symbols the hearth and the salamander, the phoenix, and the great fire. Bradbury's use of symbolism throughout the novel makes the book moving and powerful. The Hearth and the Salamander, the title of part one, is the first example of symbolism. The title suggests two things havin...

Nature is an often used target of symbolism in many forms ofliterature. The natural world around us is filled with such ripe targets toproject meaning and values onto. Often these items take on a well known andobvious symbol a rose for beauty perhaps, or a bird to represent freedom.In the case of the poem "Snowy Egret" by Bruce Weigl (701) there is acentral symbol that acts both as a conventional symbol and as a literarysymbol. The egret is not only a symbol for the beauty of nature, but in thecontext of the poem becomes a symbol of the boys actions and how they havean effect on the relationship the boy has with his father. The egret in the poem is an obvious symbol for the beauty of nature.The poem even describes the act of it's demise as "blastingsuch beautyinto nothing" (34-35). The egret and its beauty are destroyed by the childwho "only meant to watch it fly" (20). This accidental destruction of theegret in an attempt to witness it's beau...