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Other elements that are present in this novel are symbols and metaphors. Symbols are the use of some unrelated idea to represent something else. Metaphors are direct comparisons made between characters and ideas. There are many symbols and metaphors used by the author such as:
1. Being able to walk into a schoolhouse would be like walking into paradise for him.
2. The grapevine telegraph
- the system by which slaves learned the news of the nation - symbolized their
ties to........
........12. Booker said, “ When you have gotten the
full story of the heroic conduct of the Negro in the Spanish-American War, have
heard it from the lips of Northern soldier and Southern soldier, from ex-abolitionist
and ex-masters, then decide within yourselves whether a race that is thus willing
to die for its country should not be given the highest opportunity to live for
its country.” The devotion of the soldier is a metaphor for the devotion and loyalty
of the Negroes.
13. The famous Negro painter Mr. Henry Tanner. was
a symbol of Booker’s personal philosophy: any man no matter his color can........
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