“The black crow stares at me with death in his eyes,” would be a good example of symbolism. Symbolism is the use of symbols, like the crow, to represent ideas, like death. Crows are seen as a sign of death to some. Symbolism is used in everyday life, from literature to even when we talk.

The story “Once Upon a Time” written by Nadine gordimer had good use of symbolism. In the story, a wealthy family lived in a very poor and angered place. They were worried about the safety of their little boy so they decided to have a wall put up to protect themselves. In the end though, the wall didn’t protect them. An excerpt from the book, ”He dragged a ladder to the wall, the shining coiled tunnel was just wide enough for his little body to creep in, and with the first fixing of its razor teeth in his knees and hands and head he screamed and struggled deeper into its tangles……Then the man and his wife burst wildly into the garden…….the alarms screamed while the bleeding mass of the little boy was hacked out of the security coil with …show more content…
In the story a mother, father, and a little girl owned a national park. Tragically though, the mother was killed in a car accident. Ever since then, the girl and her father had grown apart over the sadness. While the mother brought them happiness she also brought them sadness. There was a rare bird that was brought to the park the same year. That bird was a red-crested night heron. That bird also brought them happiness but at the same time sadness because it made them think of their mother. Later on, that bird was found accidentally killed by the girl. This then brought her sadness. The Mom was symbolized as the bird because she brought them happiness yet sadness at the same time. A quoted example would be,” We ate our dinner in silence, and then he read a book and I listened to the radio. I felt uncomfortable in the house and longed for the