Symbol Literature Examples Novels & Stories

Alec couldn’t speak in too much irritation and probably, anger. His eyes were so dark and it was almost red, like the color of evil itself. The color of blood and war. The color of death. Yes, red can symbolize love like that of a rose. But it could symbolize many things such as what I have mentioned already.

We ended up with each other despite the pains we gave to each other. Now I realized, if red is the symbol of blood, sweat, and tears… Yellow is the symbol of sunshine and happiness. Yellow is the symbol of ‘if we’re in the dark, we’re going to rise again like what sun always do to start the day with a beautiful shine’. And maybe… maybe if we’re going to mix the red and yellow, it would be the symbol of true love, a true love that waits and gives happy ending to those persons who are willing to forgive, accept, and love again.

Alec couldn’t speak in too much irritation and probably, anger. His eyes were so red, like the color of evil itself. The color of blood and war. The color of death. Yes, red can symbolize love like that of a rose. But it could symbolize many things such as what I have mentioned already.

There’s much symbolism behind such a tiny delicate flower. I won’t go over how many times I agonized about what the symbolism of him giving me them could have meant. In the Victorian era, they represented true love and devotion, a thought that made my heart flutter. In King Henry IV’s time, they represented luck and success and were often used as a good luck charm for travelers or to protect against witches. This logically made the most sense in my mind. He wished me luck and success in the summer program.

He asked, gesturing to the notes in my hand. “There are a few, but I am not sure if they are what you are thinking of.” I opened the notebook and placed it on the desk so he could see. “So I thought maybe we could theme it around the mythological creature the Phoenix. They symbolize rebirth and new beginnings. When the Phoenix dies it catches fire and then is reborn from its own ashes. I think that perfectly symbolizes the changes the pack has gone through. Well either that or the butterfly.” I laughed. He thought for a minute, his eyebrows furrowing while deep in thought. I started to get worried that he may have hated the idea, or worse he had no sense of humor now and took my butterfly co

Sumico paused for a little while, to let all her listeners absorb well what she’d been conveying so far. “Isn’t that the symbol of hermaphrodite? I’ve ever read in some books in the humans-realm that they symbolize the hermaphrodite animals with this symbol – you know, the animals which possess both manhood and womanhood at the same time, in one body, and which can breed themselves without having to find any partners.” Hanny sounded out her argumentation again at this moment.

Alec couldn’t speak in too much irritation and probably, anger. His eyes were so red, like the color of evil itself. The color of blood and war. The color of death. Yes, red can symbolize love like that of a rose. But it could symbolize many things such as what I have mentioned already.

That's kind of the whole book. We worked through the symbolism for an hour. He took actual notes — more than four — in the same large handwriting, filling half a page with a focus that surprised me a little. Not because I'd thought he was incapable of it, just because it was easy, with Finn, to forget that the warmth was the surface of something deeper. He was perceptive in a way that didn't announce itself. "The Valley of Ashes," he said, reading from a passage I'd flagged. "The eyes on the billboard. What's that about?"

What was meant to be a gesture of affection had now become a symbol of her unease and growing anxiety. The roses that once symbolized love and beauty were now a source of dread for her. She began to have troubling dreams where the red roses seemed to multiply, surrounding her and engulfing her in a sea of crimson. These nightmares left her restless, and she often awoke in the middle of the night, drenched in cold sweat.

Lydia hissed in admiration and explained to Cassy what the five symbols that appeared meant, the first two that appeared were fire and light and the other three were metal, lightning and earth. Lydia told her that the fact that the fire and light symbol appeared first meant that it would be the flames that she could master most easily. But she also told her that it didn't mean that her other flames would be less powerful, it just meant that she would have to work a little harder to master them. Lydia looked at Glen with a frown and said, "I almost thought you were trying to hide something from me."