What Does Maudie Symbolize In To Kill A Mockingbird

In To Kill a Mockingbird, although Harper Lee shows how Maycomb can appear as racist, presents a side of simplicity and a family like town worth celebrating. Throughout the book, Harper Lee gives us many examples why Maycomb is not just a town, but one worth celebrating. An example of this appears when Miss Maudie’s house burns on fire. Around half way into the book Miss Maudie’s house begins to burn on fire. Many fire trucks arrive to put out the fire and the town people to see what happened and try to help out. Everyone in town comes, even those who usually stay inside. “‘Looks like all of Maycomb was out tonight, in one way or another. Jem there’s some wrapping paper in the pantry, I think. Go get it and we’ll’”(81). A simple sentence

In the short story, “ The Possibility of Evil” author Shirley Jackson uses several symbols in her story. The symbols were used to tell her story about an old lady named Ms. Strangeworth. Three main symbols used through the story where her roses, the letters, and Ms. Strangeworth herself. In the beginning of the story the author tells us about how important the roses were to Ms. Strangeworth. The roses were passed down from generation to generation, she inherited them. When you think of roses you think of romance, but Ms. Strangeworth was single and didn’t think of romance. The roses were her children she cared for them like a mother would do a child. They represented something bigger to her, we understand family inheritance is special but the

In To Kill a Mockingbird, Mrs. Dubose has a bush of camellias in her yard. These flowers represent racism and prejudice towards black people in Macomb County. She refers to her flowers as “Snow-on-the-Mountain” that have white petals. The white petals show favoritism towards the white people in Maycomb County. In Chapter 11, Jem cuts down all the flowers with Scout’s baton. This shows how simple he thinks racism can be effaced. However, Mrs. Dubose says, “Thought you could kill my Snow-on-the-Mountains, did you? Well Jessie says the tops are growing back out.” (Lee 146). This quote means that racism cannot be easily gone. If you try to get rid of convincing people to change their views of racism, it will only go away for a while. After a while,

Flowers symbolize so many things in society nowadays. People receive and give flowers on several different occasions. Flowers are symbols of love, sadness, apologizes, excitement, passion, and many others. Flowers also play a big role in the story “Paul’s Case” written by Willa Cather. The main character, Paul, often gives special meaning to the flowers present in the story. That being said, the flowers in the story represent who Paul is. They represent the beauty in dismay, but most importantly they symbolize Paul.

People are always trying to find a deeper meaning to things. In Harper Lee’s “To Kill A Mockingbird” she uses other symbols besides the mockingbird, such as the roly poly, rabid dog, and snowman. These symbols contribute to a larger meaning and purpose in the novel and each play a part into the decisions the characters make and foreshadow many events that occur.

In “Marigolds” the author uses diction, symbolism and point of view, to develop the theme that people can create beauty even in the poorest of situations. Through diction, Collier is able to show the reader the contrast between the beauty of the marigolds compared to the run-down town the story is set in. Through her use of symbolism the author shows how much the marigolds mean to Miss Lottie. Through her use of point of view readers have a clear view of the look and atmosphere of the old town and the how the marigolds were the only beautiful thing

In A.S. Byatt’s “The Thing in the Forest”, the author uses the elements of a short story to craft a dark, fairy tale. The title of the story, “The Thing in the Forest”, in the sense that it foreshadows the main idea of the story. The audience expects more than just a "thing", as listed in the title. Byatt emphasizes that the main characters are the two-main protagonist who were girls dealing with more than just a “thing” in the forest that affected them for the rest of their lives. this is the use of symbols that expresses a meaning to focus on the story. A.S. Byatt emphasizes more on the plot and setting, characters, theme and symbols.

The poet, Lascelles Abercrombie once said, “There is only one thing which can master the perplexed stuff of epic material into unity; and that is, an ability to see in particular human experience some significant symbolism of man 's general destiny.”. He talked about how powerful of a tool symbolism is and how it is the only thing that can truly define a highly complex ‘destiny’ or series of events. Symbolism is something that is found throughout Harper Lee’s book, To Kill a Mockingbird. Lee shows the reader that racism is a product of society,she portrays the matter through her symbolism of the mad dog, the birds and the bugs.

In this short story, Miss Adela Strangeworth is an elegant seventy-one year-old lady noticeable with her dainty walk and her rustling skirts. The connection between the roses and her wishes for perfection is introduced earlier in the story, where it is stated that Miss Strangeworth never gives away the roses that her grandmother planted as she believes that "The roses belonged on Pleasant Street, and it bothered {her*} to think of people wanting to carry them away." (P.1, Par.3) Her red, pink, and white roses are always spoken of around her town and the tourists. Typically, red roses symbolize passion, pink roses symbolize gratitude and appreciation, and white roses symbolize purity and spirituality. All of these feelings are necessary for a pleasant, happy life. The name “Pleasant Street” also represents Miss Strangeworth’s desires for all things to be pleasurable and perfect, so the fact that the roses belong to Pleasant Street shows that she sees the feelings associated with her roses as only belonging to her. Miss Strangeworth seems like a decent old lady who cares very much about her town and the citizens. She tries to prevent the “evil” in her town by secretly writing unkind letters to those who she believes are in need

Lizbeth in her distress at overhearing her parents conversation directs her anger and fear at Miss. Lottie’s marigolds . The marigolds a symbolize beauty that only Ms. Lottie, a scary old lady , possesses. “For some perverse reason, we children hated those marigolds. They interfered with the perfect ugliness of the place.”(5). The beauty of the flowers against the extreme background of poverty makes the children's realize the lack of beauty and hope in their future. The children do not know whey they are angry by the flowers but the flowers represents the only hope, beauty and life amongst their life in the dust. When Lizbeth hears her father sobbing over his inability to find a job, she loses hope because her father had represented strength

In the story "Excerpt from the winter hibiscus" There is a girl named Saeng. Saeng just failed her drivers test and on her way home she enters a flower shop. When she enters the shop she is reminded of when she used to live in Laos which she moved from 4 years ago to move to the United States. Saeng starts to look at all the different flowers and she finds A plant that used to grow around where she lived. This made her think about her home and it also brought up some sad emotions.

In Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird, Miss Maudie Atkinson maintains a profound influence on Scout Finch, the main character. Despite Scout's characteristic peculiarities and childhood meltdowns, Miss Maudie remains true as a friend and mentor to her. Throughout the book, she even occupies somewhat of a grandmotherly role in Scout's life. She offers her valuable instruction and loving consolation. Without a doubt, Scout occupies a special place in her heart. Miss Maudie exudes a seemingly perfect combination of benevolence, wisdom, and compassion.

The symbol of the tulips contributes to my thesis by describing Serena’s flowers as sex organs, but they will be in vain since Serena Joy negligent about their fruits. The tulips are parallel to the handmaids because they are both are fertile and covered in red. As can be seen in Chapter 6, Offred claims, “The red of the tulips in Serena Joy’s garden, towards the base of the flowers where they are beginning to heal. Each thing is valid and really there” (Atwood 40). In other words, Offred is saying red tulips are most strongly associated with true love, while tulips to Serena Joy represents false love. The effect of the red tulips emphasizes Offred birth and fertility, how she’s afraid to give away a child. Power and education have been taking away from the handmaids. And even though they will “begin to heal”.

In the short story “The Chrysanthemums” written by John Steinbeck, the flowers are symbolizing more than the eye may catch. The author displays how important these chrysanthemums are to Elisa Allen, but there is a deeper meaning to the flowers than just the love she has for them. The chrysanthemums represented more than just a passion and more than just her strength, but also her dignity. When they were thrown out on the side of the road, they symbolized her dignity which was now gone since the man she trusted them with had abandoned them and her husband she catered to lacked affection for her, because through their lenses she will never be enough.

In To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee uses Mayella Ewell’s red geraniums to construe that she is impossibly close to being a normal girl, but is held back by her family name and the conditions in which she lives. To begin, Scout describes the Ewell residence, including a corner of the yard, which contains “six chipped-enamel slop jars holding brilliant red geraniums” (Lee 228). These stunning red geraniums are cogent with describing Mayella’s situation: living in terrible conditions within a toxic family environment. She is exactly like her red geraniums due to the fact that she is a beautiful, wonderful girl who, unfortunately, can never be normal in the grand scheme of things. She is a Ewell, an outcast, a disgrace, and she will always be