Symbolism

Symbolism is an important part of literature. Without it, literature would be missing a certain zest. Symbolism is what creates a picture in our head for us to view. Symbolism is what creates a picture, or can also be a picture. Symbolism is not always illustrated in picture format. Sometimes the reader is responsible to create the symbolism. During the times where the reader creates the picture, it is important for the writer to use a lot of descriptive words to create the vision the world they are trying to create. Other times authors use pictures to show the meaning. So the saying goes ‘a picture is worth a million words’. An author could at times us a picture or symbol to get readers to use their imagination, or to imply something generally assumed by an image. Symbolism can sometimes be a messy situation. Not everyone has the same thought with every symbol. An example like a stop sign often brings the same thought, to stop, but something like a painting of a leaf might bring different thoughts to different people. Maybe the author wants to imply different mysteries for different people. For example an artist rarely explains their painting because they want to viewer to receive the excitement about using their imagination while viewing the painting. Symbolism reminds me of silent movies. These movies solely relied on symbolism and imagery. The director needed to be creative to get the story line consistently across to the viewer. Imagery is a tricky thing, and sometimes people fail when they are presented with an image. And other times and image can mean a few different things. It is important to keep an open mind when looking at objects around us; I believe we will be surprised with what they say to us.