The Awakening: A Symbolic Analysis

As people around the world heard about their story the sisters started to be called mariposas, or butterflies. The Mirabal sisters are associated with butterflies because each in their own unique way can identify with the subtle bravery of the insect; Minerva’s strength, Patria’s stability, Mate’s development, and Dedé’s instincts. The eldest sister, Patria, was always a child of God. She starts off her first chapter by telling the reader, “No one had to tell me to believe in God or

In “Initiation,” Sylvia Plath tells the story of a girl, Millicent, and her search for acceptance in the wrong place, and her eventual discovery regarding the importance of individuality. To accomplish this, Plath uses bird imagery, which chronicles Millicent’s transformation into one who values individuality as opposed to conformity. She uses “flock” to describe the sorority and club mentality portrayed in the piece, and “heather birds” to symbolize an individual. However, while these piece is grounded in a young girl’s search for acceptance, as evident in the words “Millicent had waited for acceptance, longer than most,” the piece can also be viewed as a microcosm of society. This is true as, similar to the sorority within the piece, the “select flock”, or the group in which most desire to be within larger-scale society, looks down on those who are “a bit too different,” a phrase which a member of the sorority uses to describe a girl who had not been chosen to join the

Being a woman made Amelia’s accomplishments shine brighter because “the future for women then was limited- not much more to aspire to beyond motherhood and being a homemaker” (Masters). According to Biography.com, ”she strove to be an example of courage, intelligence and self-reliance. She hoped her influence would help topple negative stereotypes about women and open doors for them in every field”. Amelia’s love for flying and challenging the world’s ideas of what women could do inspired other women to do the same. Unlike Amelia Earhart, many female pilots had their sights set on flying in the Army although “there were no women ferry pilots in 1937: that classification didn’t surface until World War II, when women were enlisted to fly new aircraft from factories to army airfields” (Masters).

(Huffington Post 2012). Amelia stood up for women’s rights and equality to fly, which in return helped her stand up for women’s rights in marriage. Amelia Earhart wasn't afraid to challenge the status quo and stand up for women’s rights in both flight and marriage. Her actions inspired generations of women to come to follow their dreams in different career choices, even if they were not available to them at the time. Her legacy still lives on, where her namesake Amelia Rose Earhart completed her flight around the world, showing that Amelia Mary still changes lives

Ashputtle has birds that watch over her and help when she wants to go to the dance,“O tame the doves, tame the turtledoves.” ( Manheim 854).The birds that are in the story symbolizes her mom that has past away. And help through life just like her mom would. Ashputtle really relies on the birds a lot in the story, they helped her with the tasks she was told to do and when she needs to get ready for the ball. They also helped the Prince when he was wrong about who he thought his wife was. This pattern affects the story because without the bird Ashputtle would be lost.

Amelia as a nurse probably could have done many things, but with her being a pilot she achieved so much more. Amelia set a record time across the Atlantic Ocean, was the first woman to ever cross the Atlantic and opened her own organization of female pilots. Amelia worked hard for her job as a pilot and as they needed many nurses back in the 1900s she wouldn’t have had to work that hard. Amelia went to visit her sister only to find that World War 1 soldiers were badly wounded, therefore making this point stronger. Overall, Amelia should have never even thought about becoming a nurse as she wouldn’t have had the opportunities she did as a

The consonance sounds “add” a lengthened amount of work that the protagonist must somehow find enough strength to finish it. As for tone though, the protagonist asks for nature to somehow give her time to rest (Angelou, “Woman Work” 499). The stressed tone seems to envelop around the human’s need for a break, but the protagonist must find strength and maybe courage to continue for the sake of her children. In Maya Angelou’s four of her works of literature: an excerpt from I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, “Caged Bird,” “New Directions,” and “Woman Work, Her tones consisted of stress, sorrow, persistence, and philosophy. The stylistic devices used were extended metaphors, consonance, hyperbole and dialect.

She is exalted by “Homer found in the Odyssey.” They are half woman half bird creatures who lure the men into their death by singing sweet songs to them. By the use of the pronoun ‘you’, the speaker has directed her message straight to the audience. “Shall I tell you the secret and if I do, will you get me out of this bird suit?”.This shows how the speaker is directing her speech to the audience,ask them if she can tell them a secret so that they can help her to get out of the bird suit.We who live in the current society just learnt that the Sirens are super beautiful and sing so well that their songs can kill. The siren is a modern type siren with some attitude yet she speaks as normal human

The short story symbolizes a bird in a cage that wants to get out of it and be a free bird. The African Americans could not get out of that cage for a while so they had to spread some joy which brings in the birds singing part. A part of the joy for Maya growing through this tough era was spending great time with Mrs. Flowers. In the poem the writer states “But a bird that stalks down his narrow cage can seldom see through his bars of rage” (Angelou).

She took her first flight lesson there and she instantly knew that’s what she wanted to do. She was very known for supporting women’s rights and how they should be able to do whatever they are passionate about and not let “social norms” define who they want to be. She inspired so many women and now there are women who would do a so called “man’s job.” “In 1932, Earhart became the first women (and second person after Charles Lindbergh) to fly across the Atlantic Ocean.”