Within this short story, The Aquatic Uncle, by Italo Calvino as analyzed has its own symbols that parallel that directly compares to modern life in every way which I find to be fascinating. I also found out that "Tadpoles" symbolize not just a beginning to a new life, but forms of immaturity, someone that does not fully understand the world yet. An interesting part of the story could be said of the involvement of the scientific elements behind the "Carboniferous period, abandoned part of aquatic life for terrestrial". This is based on a society moving forward into modern times while abandoning the old way of life. A main idea that I found interesting was the use of symbolism and how it can relate to modernism and society. The "paws' of the story directly relates to a form of creatures that have lived on land long enough to be fully developed and they are a symbol of the highest status within the story. I also found out through the use of observation that "tadpoles", "paws"s , “N'ba N'ga” along with "edges" can be seen as symbols within the environment and how each of them is represented in my opinion. The narrator, Qfwfq, also speaks of how his terrestrial girlfriend's "paws" is in a kind of reverence. The narrator represents her on a pedestal as symbolized being greater than him because of it in my opinion. This would be found as Qfwfq's belief of everything being fish, instead of understanding that the two worlds should join and connect with each other. I saw that Great-uncle N'ba N'ga symbolizes how the ages gone by and the idea that what was once considered old and ancient will one day become a new age again. A birth of fresh ideas and life. This is observed and saw when Qfwfq's terrestrial girlfriend decides to join him and turn into a fish, because that is where she sees a part of the future. Finally, "edges" symbolize a divide in society and how playing along the edge of an issue can result in falling to one side or the other.
In this novel The Martian I observed and analyzed the unique situation of Mark Watney of being stranded on Mars from a terrible sandstorm while his crew flew off. I think in my opinion the reader is engaged and interested all the way through since most of it is based on Mark and his experience on surviving on Mars while trying to find a way back home to Earth. What I analyzed from this book was how Mark used some farming techniques from Earth on Mars that works and ensures his survival for a while. The book makes the reader think about how he/she would survive if he/she was in Mark’s situation and it creates a way of problem solving. The problem solving would relate to his survival and communication with NASA but the same would relate to the reader if the reader though about how he/she would survive on their own in the wild but even another planet to myself is far fetched for survival. Also my idea with this book as an observation would be how there is a sense of strategy with the sur...
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