Symbolism

               Henry had just found out his father died. His father was in the air force; he was deployed for 4 months. Henry was getting so excited to finally see his dad after 4 months. The night Henry's father was supposed to come home, Henry's mother, Mary, got a phone call. Mary was hysterical and could not control her sobs. Through the river of tears coming down her face, she had to explain to her son that his father would not be coming home.

               Henry slammed his door, then locked it shut. He did not want to be bothered by anyone. Henry looked out the window, his nose almost touching the glass. He watched as the sky grew darker. Raindrops started slowly but progressively began to rain down harder. Henry couldn't believe he was never to see his father again.

Symbolism: The sky growing darker symbolizes Henry's emotion of sadness and his growing depression. The rain symbolizes Henry's tears because of his father's death.


Comments

  1. KCSNovember 15, 2017 at 6:15 PM

    This story almost made me cry. I liked how you used the weather for your symbolism.

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  2. Ethan WDecember 17, 2017 at 8:08 PM

    I like how you used details and it was clever to use weather as the symbolism. Good Job.

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