Symbolism is an amazing thing in any writing, and one of my favorite things when it comes to writing. From the immensity of symbolism in the Bible, to the metaphors that define and clarify emotion, symbolism is a way to get the point across when words are not enough. They force the mind to grasp what is being said; bring forth imagination to garner the truths that the writer is trying to produce. For example, the short story “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty,” by James Thurber (Clugston, 2010) is wrought with symbolism of what it is to be a man, both by society and by the man himself.
The Commander, ice and plane: Authority,