SYMBOLISM NOTES

A symbol is a picture or image that stands for something else

WHAT IS A SYMBOL???

What does this picture stand for ?

Symbols also have meanings

associated with them.

We see symbols around us all the time!!!

WHAT IS A SYMBOL???

SYMBOL MEANING??

What is this picture?

What does it mean? How does it make you

feel?

1. What does your symbol stand for?

2. What does your symbol mean?

3. Is your symbol negative or positive or neutral? Why?

SYMBOLS ALL AROUND US

What symbols do we see in Number the Stars ???

SYMBOLS IN NUMBER THE STARS

SWASTIKA

What does this picture

represent? Is this

s positive or a

negative symbol?

What does this represent in

the book? Is it a positive or a

negative symbol?

STAR OF DAVID

DE FRIE DANSKE – THE FREE DANES

What does this

newspaper represent?

SEASHELL GIFT

What does Peter’s gift of a seashell

represent?

Why is it important to Annemarie?

What does Sweden represent to the

Jews in Denmark?

SWEDEN

SYMBOLISM!

Why do you think authors use symbols in the books or stories they write?

Can you think of another symbol in Number the Stars?