Symbolism and Allegory Unit Reflection

Over the past two weeks, we studies symbolism and allegory. As we conclude our unit, I have learned what allegory and symbolism mean. For allegory we read the story called “ Animal Farm” and we also did a graphic organizer of all the character in the story. My favorite assignment we did for allegory was the blogspot about kids at SPA starting a revolution. For symbolism we read the story “Through the Tunnel”. My favorite assigment was the Through the Tunnel” Foster Youth Initiation paragraph because it talks about foster youth and their experience going thorugh the system. After learning about symbolism and allegory I have learned that things can have many different meaning.

San Pasqual Academy Dragons Symbolism

The mascot of San Pasqual Academy is a dragon. Our mascot symbolizes strength, courage, power, and individuality. Many of the students here at the Academy are courageous and have a lot of strength because of their past experiences and a dragon has strength and courage. A dragon is known for its power and many of our students have the power over their lives. Each and every student on our campus is unique and has individuality, nobody is the same as each other. A dragon is the same as the students because it’s unique and just like us, they are individual. To be an SPA Dragon is an honor because not everyone can say they had a bad childhood but they chose to turn it around just like the Dragons here at the academy.

“Through the Tunnel” Foster Youth Initiation

Even though they don’t have to swim through a tunnel like Jerry in “Through the Tunnel” by Doris Lessing, foster youth are initiated into and out of the foster care system. When a youth enters or is put in the foster care system they faces many emotional problems. This sometimes causes problems and chaos for the adolecent because they are forced to be with people that they don’t know and live with them. This also causes trouble for the adolecent because they have to adjust living with starngers and being awayf rom there relatives or family members. As the teen leaves the system they are forced to grow up quicker than other kids and have to transition into an adult faster. An adolecent in the foster care system doesn’t have time to be a kid and matures at a young age because of their experiences or struggles. As a result of this initiation, the teen matures and is able to be independent and do things on their own, needing little or no help from others.

“Through the Tunnel” Comprehension Paragraph

In “Through the Tunnel” by Doris Lessing, I find it convincing that Jerry takes a risk to go through the tunnel and survives. I am convinced he survived because in the story he was so determined to find the tunnel and he does find it. Also, in the story Jerry went down to the bay to work on his breathing to try and go through the tunnel. He is so determined to go throught the tunnel and p-ractice on his breathing that he doesn’t care if his nose bleeds or he has major head aches. Another reason I find it convincing Jerry survives is because even after he was in the tunnel and felt like he wasn’t going to make it to the other end he did.