... is really the only time in the novel where Holden actually considers a positive side. This event does not represent a major change. His view of the world remains the same. The one belief that does change during the novel is Holden's belief that he can change the world. On his date ... heading out west where he will pretend to be a deaf-mute and live a quiet life. At another point Holden proposes to Sally to escape this world with him. It is at last to his younger sister, Phoebe, that Holden reveals his final plan. Although Holden describes the situation in a very pretty and figurative ......

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• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

... only her potential, but also her trapped feeling, is the window. Traditionally this symbol could represent a view of possibilities, or an opening to another world', but in this instance it also becomes a view to what she does not want to see. Through this symbol, she sees all that she could be ... seen: "The color is repellant, almost revolting; a smoldering unclean yellow, strangely faded by the slow-turning sunlight." (577) She is stuck in this room and the only thing she has that allows her to escape is the wall-paper. She cannot go out, because her husband has taken such control over...

• Word Count: 1028
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

... when they are crushed. Gilman uses the wallpaper of the room to convey the mental state of the woman being kept in the house. Chopin showed freedom through the patch of blue sky and the spring season of new life and rebirth. Both are symbols showing the inner feeling of the women portrayed. In "The ... Chopin writes about the patch of blue sky and how she could feel something coming at her. The object coming at her was the oppression she dealt with from her husband and the blue patch was her small window of opportunity for freedom. The patterns in the wallpaper in "The Yellow Wallpaper" ...

• Word Count: 777
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• Grade Level: High School

... operational so we can enjoy fresh air, a cool breeze, the singing of birds or just the view of a storm. A window, nature and a passing storm were symbols used by Chopin in "The Story of an Hour." The view from Mrs. Mallard's window, of the changing weather and surrounding nature was used by Chopin, to ... show a reader the protagonist's changing internal outlook on her situation. The Story leads us to her room where she takes a seat in ... vision to unfold in front of the reader. The window is not only our view into her emotional heart but also her very own viewpoint of herself as a wid...

• Word Count: 496
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School