Symbolism and Allegory Unit Reflection

Ive learned a lot this passed two weeks and I had fun while learning about symbolism and allegory. I also learned that when using symbolism you can use an example like an lamp and explain what the lamp is and what it represents. Ive learned what symbolism is many ways and ideas. One of the ways I learned about symbolism is through one of my assignments in class where we read a book called Animal farm and the book explained symbolism and what it is used for. When we read the book symbolism was explained by using an symbolic way. Ive learned allegory when we compared the book Animal farm to the real world. The assignment was interesting and a lot easier to learn about because the real world has many things to describe in a literal way. My favorite symbolism and allegory assignment is the characterAnimal symolism paragraph because I got to describe the characters and what they symbolize in the book. The assignment was also my favorite because the book had a lot of examles from the real world. By studying allegory and symbolism it changed my thinking because I know that a walking stick or even a cow can symbolize as a happy person or a lazy thing in life.

“Animal Farm” Character’s Symbolic Meaning Paragraph

In the story “Animal Farm” by George Orwell, the character Mr. Pilinkgton represents a hard worker and a dedicator. For example, This shows that Mr. Pilinkgton is committed to evreything he does and he likes to finish what he starts whether he is with a group of people or not. Also an example is in the book when all the animals was together and Napoleon was trying to take over and would be rude and boss evreybody around. In addition, This shows that if Mr. Pilinkgton was to be the leader of the animals evreybody would be treated equally and nice. People who are a hardworker and a dedicator usually tend to have good things come to them because like they always say good things come to good people.

Animal Farm to the Real World

In the story Animal Farm by George Orwell, Napoleon has allegorical meaning. For example Napoleon in the story acted like he was the boss of evreybody and evreything on the farm. This represents life and responsibility of others in a way. Also the animals on the farm were trying to not be bossed around and work as a team instead of one. Additionaly, this represents family and a team. For example this is related to real life because in the real world if you have friends that you known for a long time or if someone was trying to shut down your buisness for good and a lot of people liked your buisness then people would stick as one and save what they really care about.

“Animal Farm” Revolution at SPA

If the students had a chance to have a revolution to take over SPA then SPA would be funner, adventurous and students will probally be so excited that staff dont have to follow evrey student around evreywhere they go. The staff would not have to worry about coming to work on holidays and weekends while they can be home spending time with their family. SPA would be the coolest calmest place ever because students womt have to deal with staff and having check-ins evrey single hour at least until they leave SPA. It will give students time to be there selves inside and out instead of people saying things about us when they dont even know anything about us. It takes a while to know about a person instead of going by what the paper and file say about us. Also the students will still be able to go to school and still get there education if the adults don’t run SPA or tell us what to do day by day. Last but not least the managers and bosses that are in charge of SPA wont have to do all the paperwork they can let the students do their own paperwork by theirselves during the day.

Symbolism in “Through the Tunnel"

San Pasqual Academy Dragons Symbolism

The mascot of San Pasqual Academy is a dragon which has blue, gray, and white as the colors on the dragon. The dragon represents a fierce competitor. One reason I find a fierce competitor that represents San Pasqual Academy is because as I'm on the campus I see struggles, arguments and emotions on the outside of everybody but not the inside. Also everybody goes through a rough time here and it is not easy coping with your issues most of the time. The second reason is because the campus all over has difficult times with family, friends and school but we stay strong and keep our heads up and not give up. The last reason is because as my own person I worry about myself and what I need to do to graduate and other things to. Now that I have been a SPA dragon for a long time it feels great because I know my limitations and how far I can go in life with things.

“Through the Tunnel” Foster Youth Initiation

Even though they don’t have to swim through a tunnel like Jerry in “Through the Tunnel” by Doris Lessing, foster youth are initiated into/out of the foster care system. It is a struggle and a problem for many youths and children just by seeing social workers and being in a type of facility. As foster youth or children enter the system they tend to feel lonely and scared of trusting many people in their life. Many things happen that nobody should go through, a lot of trust issues come in with the issue. The other two things that happen as children and young youth even teenagers in the system is a lot of times it will take about at least a couple months or at least a year to get used to the system or even longer because we as youth or anybody should not have to have the system or the government take care of us or boss us around. The three things that happen after teenagers or youth age out of the system is one, they go to find a job and have no where to go. Second they start partying a lot and dropping out of school. Last but not least they have kids and ask for help from resources that are good. As a result of initiation, I only wish that there was a way to gather a fundraiser so there can be a home or a huge facility for kids, youth, adults to have a home to feel safe and protected.