Symbolism

I see many forms of symbolism everyday and I am so used to seeing them and obeying them, such as the stop sign, that I do not really think about how amazing it is that a symbol can mean the same word to everyone, everywhere. I really learned a lot in reading this chapter.

I honestly never knew that figurative language could be broken down into two types. I also had never heard of a trope in any of my previous English classes.

I think it is really cool when authors title a poem or story an actual object and then the whole story is about people but the two can be compared. When I have read stories like this, I think of the stories that relate to these objects when I see them. I have heard in a psychology class that identifying situations with objects often helps people while coping. Who would have thought that symbolism would help people cope with their problems?