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Symbolism In Strange News From Another Star

Symbolism In ?Strange News From Another Star? Essay, Research Paper


?Strange News from another Star? is found to be a story which contains


numerous symbols which in many cases contain some important, abstract


information. Symbolism is something which is very difficult to explain


due to the fact that not everyone sees the so mentioned symbol. They


don?t quite see it as you, because no two minds are the same, which


implies the fact that they don?t react equally to something which must


be internally interpreted as it is not present as mere information. On


this essay I will try to back up with concise words, why I believe that


something is representing something abstract, as well as with


information from the author.


One of the first symbols that we may find, is actually the star. A


star is known as a gaseous sphere, which with nuclear fusion and fission


may actually give out huge amounts of energy. Obviously a star is a


inhospitable place, so I believe that the star actually represents a


planet or a country.


The flowers, which have a very important part in the plot of the book


are a symbol as well. They, have always, as least as far as I know, had


a special message. A message of love, tranquillity, joy and they


represent the harmony of nature itself. In the first stage of the book,


we may see how a problem, the earthquake, has made the people in the


star loose a vast amount of flowers. They lost some of the tranquillity


and joy that had invaded their lives. And when they look for a messenger


to go find flowers, they?re talking about re-finding the tranquillity


and lack of fear that they wanted.


I believe that the burials, actually represent life. It may sound a bit


peculiar, but in real life once you get accustomed to living a happy,


joyful life, yo

u then will not be able to live without it and so, you


will need to do practically anything, as the people in the star did, to


find the ?flowers?.


The symbol of the deity that the youth saw in the temple, I understand


that by the way in which the story progresses the symbol is actually


representing the fact that war, or trouble (the bird of prey) destroys


all happiness or good hearted feelings. I think that the representation


is what I mentioned above, because when the messenger ?goes? to the


foreign star he sees destruction and a total lack of joy.


We may find another symbol which goes from pages 55-59. It?s the


conversation that the youth holds with the king who?s nation is in war.


It?s apparently a symbol because even-though it has important, concrete


information for the story, there?s more to the phrases themselves. They


can be abstracted and that?s when I see that the conversation is


actually trying to explain the way in which the humanity is being


erratic by trying to find happiness. To achieve happiness, you must


first get rid of sadness, poverty, trouble, etc (war is the symbol used


to represent all of them). It may not be found just by ignoring the


others. In the king?s star they weren?t happy because all of the nouns


mentioned above were present. A proof of that may be the fact that when


trouble, the earthquake, arouse in the province of the youth then they


lost the peace and tranquillity, represented by the flowers that they


had had.


And ultimately I will mention the symbol which the black bird


represents, it?s what I believe is the image of the harshness, horror


and terror of war. Which may reach such levels of futility that it may


apparently only be seen as a dream, or even more correct, would be to


say that it?s like a nightmare.

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