Symbolism In The Destructors By Shirley Jackson

A symbol is a word that is understood as a representation of an idea. Symbolism gives a universal feeling to the themes and characters in works of literature. In F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, symbols intertwine within the plot of the novel drawing importance to events and ideas within the overall story. Fitzgerald's use of of symbolism plunges underneath the surface to convey a deeper message about the true meaning behind locations, objects, and Daisy Buchanan, the love of Jay Gatsby, the title character's, life.

Symbols are objects that express a more profound importance or more noteworthy thought. They could be the sort of garments you wear, the music you tune in to, the auto you drive, your most loved games or anything obvious to other individuals which could make them conceivably judge you. A decent case of images and imagery is in Nathaniel Hawthorne 's story, "The Ministers Black Veil ".

Shirley Jackson uses symbolism of the black box to convey a theme about how a person’s whole life can change when one little implement is made different or messed with in the short story, “The Lottery.” For instance, Mr. Summers frequently spoke about making a new box, but “no one liked to upset even as much tradition as was represented by the black box” (26). In conclusion, people are unhappy when tradition or anything in their life is messed with and changed. A 4th of July without fireworks would not be the same if it was removed from the tradition because everyone looks forward to it. Overall if one part of something changes then it ruins the whole system and it does not feel the same.

Symbolism (noun) the particular idea or quality that is expressed by a symbol. Many symbols existed in J.D. Salinger’s novel, The Catcher in the Rye, and the film Into the Wild. Both Holden Caulfield (The Catcher in the Rye) and Chris “Supertramp” McCandless (Into the Wild) have many of the same perspectives on life and an analogous life story which may show that they have similar symbols. For instance, the two men run away from home and are timid and apprehensive about forming close relationships. On the other hand, Holden has the philosophy that children must stay innocent as he wants to catch them running through the rye. Holden also portrays innocence and youthfulness, hiding behind his red hunting hat while trying to stay a child for as

In life, people who do not deserve to die are taken from Earth too soon. Many people say that his/her death was unfair. The anonymous quote, “Life is fair because it is unfair to everyone” summarizes the feelings of the characters in Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery.” The character’s tradition is there to stay, especially because their population is increasing. There village is overwhelmed with this tradition and the seem to not like change, they are happy for the most part until someone gets chosen there stressed and on there toes. If you pick the piece of paper that has the black dot on it you would be stoned to death. In “The Lottery”, Shirley Jackson uses the color black to symbolize death.

In society there are some things that we will do without ever questioning why. No one really has an answer for why we do it, we just do. Traditions are passed from generation to generation, even if we have no backing for what we do, we just know it’s “good” and it’s “tradition” so it’s a part of us. In the short story, “The Lottery”, Shirley Jackson uses imagery and symbolism to show that evil can be present in the most innocent environment, resulting in society being tainted with dark illusion.

“Sometimes a man’s mind makes him see strange sights. What he sees can make him do terrible things to those too weak to resist. But in the end, sometimes the weak get revenge.”- Edgar Allan Poe. When People read this story they might think that Poe is actually crazy. Poe wrote his stories like he lived them. “The Black Cat,” written by Edgar Allan Poe, had a large amount of symbolism and foreshadowing to help the story be explained.

Symbolism is the use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities. The use of symbolism gives readers the ability to find deeper meanings that are beyond whats actually described on paper. In Ralph Ellison’s short story, “Battle Royale”, he uses blindfolds, the speaking event, and the battle royal to symbolize exactly what African Americans went through for equality.

Another representation of symbolism would be through the use of objects. Perhaps the most obvious of these objects would be the black box mentioned in the short story, the black box in which the citizens in the village draw from. It marks one unlucky winner to be murdered by its fellow villagers. This old box represents the tradition of the lottery itself. No one in the village really knows how the lottery began,

Symbolism is ubiquitous in your everyday life, whether it’s during work, at the gym or even in a cafeteria. Symbols are everywhere where you least expect them. Most likely they are hidden symbols with an even deeper meaning than what you might observe at first glimpse. Many stories involve symbolism for a specific reason, whether it 's to make a point or to give an overall meaning. For example, in the story “The Lottery”, symbolism is one of the main ideas that the author gets her point across. Symbols shaped her story for readers to understand the idea behind the symbols she used in the story The Lottery, symbolism helped develop a mood, deepen a theme, and creates abstract ideas.

¨Sometimes you have to be strong when you feel like giving up, have to fight when you just want to run away. Because sometimes it is all you can do to keep going.¨ ~Unknown author.This quote connects to the novel's theme because Joe had to keep fighting and pursue even though he wanted to stop working on the farm. He wanted to earn money to achieve his goal.The story by Cynthia DeFelice talks about a teenage boy named Joe who had always wanted a motorbike. His dad made him work on his farm to get some money to get the motorbike, but then realized he did not need it anymore. He started to befriend with the workers on the farm. Joe was struggling on the farm and the workers help encourage him to keep going. In the story Under the Same Sky DeFelice uses many literary goals to help the readers understand.

“The Lottery”written by Shirley jackson. The story is about how a town followed by others had a ritual that was strongly followed. The townspeople thought by killing one of the villagers it would bring them a good year of crops. In “the lottery”,Shirley Jackson uses symbolism to strengthen the theme of the story.

In the short story, The Lottery, Shirley Jackson demonstrates her superb writing skills by implementing the themes of mindlessly following the herd and not questioning the unknown into a piece about a town devoted to a sacrificial tradition. She cleverly uses foreshadowing, symbolism, and conflict as literary devices to tie the pieces together and relate it to the real world.

"The Destructors" tells the story of a gang of teens in England, after the war, who want to destruct an old man 's house. Throughout the story there were many conflicts between the two main characters Blackie and T. Through the influence of the main character ‘T’, the gang destroys an old man’s house, for no other reason than to destroy something beautiful. This can be viewed as disturbing, as it is not something most kids would spend their free time doing; which starts to give the idea that the story may be a depiction of something greater. Greene uses symbolism to show that the gangs meeting place as a bombed out parking lot is relevant because the place where they meet up is a site of destruction. Graham Greene’s short story, “The Destructors” utilizes symbols and conflict to display the theme of loss of innocence and power.

As Gene Tierney once said, “When you have spent an important part of your life playing ‘Let’s Pretend’, it’s often easy to see symbolism where none exists.” As people may recall, there exist thousands of stories, novels, and plays that use symbolism as their main element. Now, what is symbolism? From the etymology of the word, symbolism comes from the French word ‘symbolisme’ and it is the practice of representing things with symbols. Furthermore, symbols come from the Latin word ‘symbolum’ and it is a thing that represents or stands for something else. Although symbols must be examined carefully, most stories (in this case ‘Young Goodman Brown’, ‘The Chrysanthemums’, and ‘Boys and Girls’) are rich in them