Symbolism In American Novels When looked up in the dictionary, it states that symbolism is the art of relating something concrete that represents or suggests another thing that cannot in it self be represented or visualized. Authors use symbolism as a way of inserting special hidden message that would otherwise not be known. Different authors use symbolism in different way’s from animals and nature in the story (Steinbeck), colors (Fitzgerald) or more of a …showed first 75 words of 3449 total…

…showed last 75 words of 3449 total…Symbolism is one of the things that make reading fun and, it really adds to the affect of a novel if an author knows how to use it, like the authors listed above. Works Cited Fitzgerald, Francis Scott. The Great Gatsby. New York: Sribners, 1953 Lee, Harper. To Kill A Mocking Bird. New York: Warner, 1982 Revelation. www.bible.gosple….Revelation14.com, 14:19. 2000 Samuel. www.wels.net/sab/listener, 16:7. 2000 Stienbeck, John. The Grapes Of Wrath. New York: Penguin, 1984