For this week, please respond to one primary prompt and two peers response posts. This totals three required posts this week. Please cite your sources at the end of your post. At a minimum, you should cite the short story that you explore in your post.
Primary Post: Choose one (250350 words):
Primary Prompt 3
- According to this weeks instructional video on symbolism, a literary symbol refers to a concrete object that stands for an abstract emotion, feeling, or idea. Symbolism deepens a storys meaning, some say adding additional layers to its theme or main idea (see video on theme). Each of the short stories weve read this week develops important ideas via the use of symbolism. Examine a single short story and how it uses 2-3 symbols to enrich one of the storys themes. Please support your discussion with specific references to the text. (Include some quotations so that you can discuss the language and some events so that you can discuss the plot.)
