Symbol is an artistic technique to express some ideas, thoughts and emotions through a concrete and easily associated image. Symbol and ontology have some similar characteristics, which can be linked through readers' imagination and association. For example, candles, aboveboard, burn themselves and illuminate the specific image of others, which can remind us of the lofty spirit of self-sacrifice. Therefore, candles are a symbol of self-sacrifice.
What is symbolism? What's the difference between it and metaphor?
Symbol is an artistic technique to express concepts, thoughts or feelings with similar or similar characteristics through a concrete image that is easy to cause association. It is only used to express people's quality or organizational nature, and is generally suitable for lyric works.
Metaphor can be used to express the essence of anything. Generally speaking, metaphors are scattered throughout the article.
What is the way to see the big from the small is to express the big theme with small things and concretize the abstract things. For example, if you want to write an article about life, it will be difficult to write it well if you always talk about the meaning of life. However, we can bypass these sermons and give people a more vivid and emotional image, such as writing about middle school students who are struggling with diseases, such as writing letters to your concerned parents all the time. For example, writing about the efforts of laid-off workers and so on. You can color life with concrete images, such as "fear of life" in Chinese, which is a tiny creature like catkin; Love of White Butterfly explores life with a small butterfly. Take this way of seeing the big from the small, and you will have a colorful life in your pen. For example, to write about patriotism, you can write about a primary school student's love for the red flag and correct it when others don't respect it.
Under what circumstances do you usually use this method? Generally, it can be used when the topic is a very abstract concept (that is, when you think that the viewpoint you want to write is the same as that in your political book), such as "outlook on life" and "values" and so on.
In this way, we should pay attention to the following points: first, we should pay attention to the similarity between the small material you choose and your big idea, which can be unified; Second, we should pay attention to, in the process of using small materials, don't always run out to comment; Third, we should pay attention to the typicality of the materials used.
What are association and imagination?
Association is thinking of another related thing from one thing, or recalling previous related things with immediate things. For example, in the winter morning, when you see frost flowers on the glass, you will think of beauty and pride like a peacock; When you see reading glasses, you will think of grandma sewing dolls for yourself; Seeing the bright red ink on the paper reminds me of the scene where the teacher makes up lessons and corrects homework for students; Seeing the past photos reminds me of the happy time of sightseeing; Seeing an old book reminds me of an experience with my classmates in the past ... these phenomena are natural in life. If we write these contents into the composition, it will enhance the expressive force of the article.
Let's talk about imagination. Imagination and association are like a pair of brothers. They are similar but not the same. Their similarity is thinking, association is thinking about related things, and imagination is rearranging images and materials in the mind to create new content.