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In No Sugar, The symbol of blood is one, which is significant in establishing the meaning of cultural oppression and the social injustice the Aboriginals are subjected to by the white people. The blood symbolizes the close connection the Aboriginals have to the land and the importance of family in the Aboriginal culture. It explores the Aboriginal struggle for equal rights and the willingness to shed blood for the cause.
The blood is a symbol of the strong connection Aboriginals have to the land, seen when Jimmy nicks his finger with an axe (pg 16) and the blood symbolically drips to the ground. This dripping of the blood signifies how the Aboriginals feel about the land. It is a very intimate relationship they have with the land, the land they feel is not an object to be possess but to cherish. They have a sense of belonging to the land and not the other way around, of the land belonging to them unlike the white philosophy. White people, ever since the dawn of time have conquered lands and nations and taken the land as theirs to possess and to do whatever the see fit with it. Aboriginals are completely the opposite, they believe to work with the land and preserve it. The Aboriginal belief system is based on the "Dreamtime", where the land is seen as being their "mother". This instance of the blood show how valuable the land is to the Aboriginals and the cultural oppression by the white is not going to deter them from still respecting the land.
Blood also symbolizes the close knit strong family relationships within the Aboriginals. They have a sense of "togetherness" that permeates throughout the Aboriginal community, starting from the young ones to the elderly. This has been passed down generations ever since the "Dreamtime" and it is evident that in this drama, it is still present. Seen particularly when the Sergeant orders Gran to go on the train, she refuses wailing, "Chergeant, I ain't goin" on no train.
Symbolism is often used in stories to represent more of a truthful meaning. ... The rest of the children had no desks. On the other hand, Sugar was quite different from what her name suggests. ... Symbolism is also portrayed in Hills like White Elephants. ... Symbolism is an element in a story that gives it life. ...
Therefore, when the commotion at the wedding reception starts and we find out that someone has died, it was no surprise to me that it was Gareth. ... Another important filmmaking element is the use of symbolism. ... Again, in Four Weddings and a Funeral, the symbolism element was simply over used. ... When symbolism and foreshadowing are over used, the result tends to be a somewhat boring and predictable film. Too many Hollywood films today tend to follow this "sugar-coated" approach to telling a story and I personally find it a bit bland....
Even though there are no men around (or so they think) the girls act in a very sexual manner because they are aware of the "male gaze". ... "No butter, no sugar! ... This is also referencing to Monroe's character, Sugar Kane. "Boy, I"d like to borrow a cup of that sugar!" ... Freud and Lacan were also interested in the psychoanalysis of symbolism. ...
Hollywood's response was to include more representations of homosexuality, though still veiled in symbolism.5 As the public became more obsessed over the issue of sexual morals, the educational role of cinema increased as more and more movies concerning the public good were screened. ... Hays's ideas of motion pictures as a means of shaping the masses, came to fruition with the enforcement of the Motion Picture Production Code in 1934 (also named The Hays Code) at the insistence of The National Legion of Decency, an institution founded with the purpose of dealing with controversial c...
In "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," by Mark Twain, Twain writes about a young boy, named Huckleberry Finn, who's conflicted between being civilized by everyone he met and being himself; to do so Twain uses symbolism to show the struggle between civilization and freedom. ... "I got into my old rags, and my sugar-hogshead again, and was free and satisfied. " (9) When Huck "lit out " of the Widow's strict care, he went back to his carefree ways; dressing however he feels. ... I'll learn people to bring up a boy to put no airs over his own father and let on to be better'n ...
It is the American race'4 that no one should be defined by their colour or heritage. ... Toomer was angered by Frank's choice of marketing as he thought that by mixing elements to create a story it would work as symbolism of the racial mixtures present in America. ... To be', Alexander is trying to illustrate that Toomer felt that there should be no separations regardless of race, 'to prove to the world that the Negro race can be just like any other race'12 to 'reject these [racial] divisions, accepting all as people'.13 The notion of The New Negro made s...
The government developed new concepts and practices in the economy, in particular, the importation of nearly 61,000 indentured labourers to work on sugar plantations 3. ... Most of the ethnic Indians which amounts to nearly half of Fiji's population, trace their ancestry to the indentured labourers brought from India between 1874 and 1920 by the British colonial authorities and the Australian-owned Colonial Sugar Refining Company to toil in the sugar cane plantations. This lead to a multiracial working class which emerged not only in the "sugar industry but in mines, factories, public ser...
The chocolate candy bar, assuming that it is similar to most candy bars, is high in sugar, and is considered to be full of "empty calories". The term "empty calories" means that this snack has a high caloric content, containing few to no essential nutrients, such as vitamins and minerals. ... The manufacturer's use of sexual imagery as a part of this advertisement is an effective way of selling their product since the symbolism plays to the human aspiration to become physically fit and human's desire to become attractive to the opposite sex. ...
They were baked from wheat for their symbolism, not their taste. ... The Normans and Saxons also made the breads more cake like with the additions of sweet dried fruits, sugars, eggs, and alcohol. ... Today there is no limit to the creativity of cake designers and brides. ...
