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When my dad was around my age he read A Prayer For Owen Meany by John Irving and it easily became his favorite book. When I say that John Irving was on the list of authors with a significance in literature I choose the same book. Monday night this week I was sitting in the kitchen with my dad as he was making dinner and we were discussing the book. My dad said to me "I've never understood the significance of the armadillo that Johnny and Owen play with, it's a weird toy to be found in New Hampshire". I agreed with him that is is a weird toy but I told him "I think the armadillo represents their friendship. It's weird and unexpected, they both cherish it so much, and when Johnny's mom dies Owen removes the claws of the armadillo to show how their friendship was crippled but not destroyed". My dad sat down and said "huh, thank you". I could see in his eyes that he had made connections to the book. He then goes on to say that he had read the book years ago and some parts have never made sense until just in that moment. I was proud of myself for being able to help my dad understand his favorite book. This proved to myself that I was growing as a reader for I used to read for surface level meanings and take everything that the author gave me as just another piece in the entertainment pie, but now I am seeing things in books that I never would have even looked for. http://literarydevices.net/symbolism/
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Josephine
10/13/2016 06:35:38 am
Hi Lindsay,
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