Graves, who carries the three legged stool and the black box. Although critics have tended to see the box as the major symbol, careful reading discloses that, while the box is referred to three times in the fourth paragraph, the stool is emphasized four times and in such strained repetition as to be particularly obvious"(2). ... Martin speaks sharply to Bobby when the boy runs back to the pile of stones, and Bobby comes quickly. ...

• Word Count: 812
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

The young boy and Rebecca meet at a cottage, where there is a group of eight or nine people. ... She is a Jewish girl from the exotic Bronx and, to the boy, this "vast borough seems a Cythera." ... The boy thinks of The Bronx as a Cythera, since it can "house such fantastic creatures as Rebecca. ... This foreshadows what the love relationship between the boy and Rebecca is destined to go through. ... For instance, one day the boy buys Rebecca a ring, which to him implies an "innocent symbol that tortures his blood. ...

• Word Count: 2096
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

In Alice Munro's short story, Red Dress-1946, the character Mary Fortune represents the symbol of influence. ... Another incident where the nameless character showed no self-confidence was when she had to go to the black board to write something down, she starting getting uncomfortable and scared. ... Such is the case with a popular boy in her high school, Manson Williams. ... She started feeling ashamed as Manson, who was a popular boy was dancing with a 'nonentity' like herself. ...

• Word Count: 1190
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

"A Good Man is Hard to Find" is pregnant with religious symbols and metaphors, and fearing that leaving out such violence to protect the squeamish would alter the message of grace and redemption that she was trying to convey, she opted to gradually set the reader up for it by placing clues of the family's demise throughout the work. ... The grandmother, Bailey, his wife, June Star (the little girl), John Wesley (the little boy), and the baby make up five or six people, depending on how you view the baby. ... At the very instant one learns of the car headed toward the family, "a big blac...

• Word Count: 2114
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School