.This essay focuses on Understanding Symbolism. Symbolism can take different forms. Generally, it is an object representing another, to give an entirely different meaning that is much deeper and more significant.

 

Understanding Symbolism

Animal Farm Ch 6| Understanding Symbolism

Write a one-paragraph explanatory response that explains what symbolism is and what the windmill symbolizes in George Orwell’s novel, Animal Farm.

Use the 4 ideas below to help you brainstorm your response

– you will need to use detail from the reading.

1. The Good Life (dreams of the people)

2. Napoleon and Snowball’s Argument

3. The Laborious Work

4. Political promise not fulfilled

5. The Humans’ Doubt

Symbolism can take different forms. Generally, it is an object representing another, to give an entirely different meaning that is much deeper and more significant.

Sometimes, however, an action, an event or a word spoken by someone may have a symbolic understanding value. For instance, “smile” is a symbol of friendship.

Similarly, the action of someone smiling at you may stand as a symbol of the feeling of affection which that person has for you.

Symbols do shift their meanings depending on the context they are used in. “A chain,” for example, may stand for “union” as well as “imprisonment”.

Thus, symbolic meaning of an object or an action is understood by when, where, and how it is used. It also depends on who reads the work.

Common Examples of understanding Symbolism in Everyday Life

In our daily life, we can easily identify objects that can be taken as examples of symbolism, such as the following:

• The dove is a symbol of peace.
• A red rose, or the color red, stands for love or romance.
• Black is a symbol that represents evil or death.
• A ladder may stand as a symbol for a connection between heaven and earth.
• A broken mirror may symbolize separation.

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12 point size

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Times Roman

12 point size

black text

double spaced

Times Roman

12 point size

black text,

double spaced