.... of the children in this novel certainly do have their share of symbolism. For instance, the building of a snowman by Jem and Scout one winter is very symbolic. There was not enough snow to make a snowman entirely out of snow, so Jem made a foundation out of dirt, and then covered it with what snow they had. One could interpret this in two different ways. First of all, the creation of the snowman by Jem can be seen as being symbolic of Jem trying to cover up the black man and showing that he is the same as the white man, that all human beings are virtually the .....

.... lack of attention, the house has advanced from a beautiful representative of quality to an ugly holdover from another era. Similarly, Miss Emily has become an “eyesore” for instance; she is described as a “fallen monument”(Faulkner 204) symbolizing her former beauty and later ugliness. Like the house, she has fallen from grace. Once she had been “a slender figure in white”(Faulkner 207) later she is obese and “bloated, like a body long submerged in motionless water with eyes lost in the fatty ridges of her face”(Faulkner 205). Both the house and Miss Emi .....

.... dread of the delicatessen robbery impels him to commit a vicious assault on his friend Gus. Bigger commits both of the brutal murders not in rage or anger, but as a reaction to fear. His typical fear stems from being caught in the act of doing something socially unacceptable and being the subject of punishment. Although he later admits to Max that Mary Dalton's behavior toward him made him hate her, it is not that hate which causes him to smother her to death, but a feeble attempt to evade the detection of her mother. The fear of being caught with a white .....

.... adopted her, and the place that helped her grow and change. Morgaine as a child lived with her mother and her mother’s husband Uther, until Viviane took her into the service of the Goddess. She was a quiet girl that kept her thoughts and feelings to herself. She was satisfied with her life, and did not long for anything else. Morgaine respected those around her, but with the exception of her brother Arthur, she did not love them. When Viviane brought Morgaine to Avalon for the first time, she was even more a child then she was when she lived with Uther and .....

.... and he wanted nothing but the best for his son. He did not want his son to work as hard as he did growing up. When Jimmy went away to college, he spent more time socializing than he did studying. "Jimmy did not study very earnestly and took to bad courses for awhile. He had money and he was popular; ..."(p.25). Jimmy liked better to be in the company of peers rather than study, and his father condoned it. When Jimmy was not doing well at Dublin University, his father let him go off to Cambridge where he could "see life a little". While there he seemed .....

.... Jack is the head of the hunters. Alex has a band of “droogs” which are friends and enemies. Society plays an important part in both of their lives. It is ironic that Alex starts as a savage and Jack as a civilized human being, But when their society’s and surroundings affect them each of them becomes what the other was. Alex becomes unable to commit evil and Jack assumes leadership of a savage group that commits acts of brutality. Alex and his “droogs” set the town ablaze by committing horrific acts of violence. He lov .....

.... a hunter. He was remarkably enthusiastic about hunting. He painted his face and got spears. He eventually cared no more for being rescued, because all he wanted to do was kill pigs. The number of hunters kept on growing and he began to get other kids to hunt with him. They soon had a routine (the dance) and whenever they did thad they had to kill, because they got so pumped up when they did it. Jack then began killing as if it were a luxury. They became savage hunters as evil took over; they killed almost as if it were a sexual performance for them. As .....

.... She lives almost completely in the past and never leaves the house to interact with the rest of the world. When she opens the cent shop she finally begins to make interactions with other people; however, she keeps her unpleasant mood even to her customers. The woman lives with the curse that has been handed down through the generations. It is this that fuels her constant bad mood. The day after she opens the shop, her cousin Phoebe comes to visit her. Phoebe is a young country girl who ends up staying with Hepzibah to manage the household. Phoebe has yout .....