Symbolism

Symbolism. Although I read the chapter, this was a difficult subject for me to fully digest. There were so many literary terms I was having to look stuff up left and right. And then when I read the blog post for this blog, and I read the story, I did not understand how I could relate the story to symbolism in any way. So, that was a no go for me. Of course, I also was not there on Tuesday to participate in any of the discussion or activity, so I am probably a little lost in that aspect.

I did think the story very interesting though. Why did they only call the child, the child? Why did they never say her name? But she’s also the narrator, I guess. Yet, it refers to “the child” all the time. I thought that was a little different. And what was the moral of the story, exactly? Or was it one of those things that doesn’t really have a moral, it’s just a story. Definitely interesting.

In terms of “reading, interpreting, and criticizing” however I think I can manage. Upon first reading this, I was a little befuddled, I won’t lie. Just because it was definitely a unique story, or at least way of writing a story. I interpreted the child to be a very curious young girl. She obviously thought she was smarter than the other kids, but I feel like that was mainly because she was maybe more mature than they were in some ways. Then again, I also feel like she was a little less mature in some ways also. They were a little older than she was, and had their minds set on different things, that is the truth. Either way, the child was the star of the show.