1. Symbolism in Frank Sargesons Short stories
... story cow pats the children's "boots weren't any too good", the children warmed their feet in newly dropped cow pats, and the man on the city streets warmed his hands in a cleaners bucket of suds. Together they symbolise the pain between them, the children and oldman symbolise poverty. At the ... and old people are the weakest in society. In the short story a piece of yellow soap, the washer woman's hands are "bloodless and shrunken", her hands and the piece of yellow soap that she holds symbolise poverty. In this story the effectiveness of the yellow piece of soap is shown in the plot,...
- Word Count: 396
- Approx Pages: 2
- Grade Level: Undergraduate