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Symbolism In 'All Is Burning'

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Lastly, the author uses symbolism to illustrate that tragedy will be coming to the village and that some people will have to grief or suffer from this event. Overall the title “All is burning” is a symbolism in itself because it’s referring to the fact they village and hundreds of other villages are going through this terrible event and just like any fire would it is destroying the village. “All was burning, burning […] The self burning. The unconscious, the visual impressions, burning” (17). If you look at this quote, there could be some literal meaning to it because there was actual burning taking place within the villages but it goes deeper than that when it mentions the unconscious burning. As I mentioned before everything that had to do

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