: “The Grandfather” Before Important Person

Someone who means a lot to me wold be my mom. I am extremely close with her. My mom is also really funny, shes my best friend. My moms not like other mom's shes one that I can tell everything to. Which I think is kind of rare. Shes important to me because, shes the one who brought me into this world. How could she not be important. Also she did a lot of things that helped me get through my life. In other words she gave me important lessons. My current relationship with my mom isn't all that great I don't see her as much as I used to. Occasionally, I would see her when I'm on pass. I  still talk to her on the phone, and I try to tell her things that go on so that she can help me out.

Symbolism and Allegory Unit Reflection.

Over the past few weeks my classmates and I have been studying about symbolism and allegory. I have learned about symbolism by reading "The Grandfather." By Gary Soto. One assignment that I have learned about sybolism is by completing my poster assignment. Also I learned about allegory by reading "The Skull and the Arrow." Another assignment that I did to understand was the graphic organizer. Graphic organizers are useful because they help me sort out information so I could learn better.One of my favorite symbolism assignment was the tree trunk paragraph we had to do because I love talking about my mom. Also, my favorite allegory assignment was the skull and the arrow cave paragraph because it was fun learning about it. Symbolism and allegory changed my thinking because I thought allegory was going to be easy but it was hard.

Symbolism String

1. A peace sign because I like being in peace instead of having chaos.

2. A volleyball symbolizes me because I love to play it.

3. A green bracelet because green represents harmony.

4. Nockerballs symbolize my mom because she used to put my hair in them when I was little.

5. A radio symbolizes me because I love to listen to music.

6. A picture of my favorite artist because I can relate to him.

“The Grandfather” Three Meanings of the Tree Paragraph.

I think that the most symbolic item in "The Grandfather" is the avocado tree. The tree represents the grandfather because like the tree he is living. Also, for the narrator it represents strength because when the seed of the tree was growing into a stump, he was growing older into an adult. I feel that the grandfather's family stands for the avocados because a family doesn’t grow without kids; in this case the kids are the avocados. In other words the more the family grows. Families are like trees because as the tree ages some of the branches will pass away and decline, and more will appear.