It can be flat
out obvious, or it can be hidden, and the reader has to infer the message. Sometimes the author
will use a motif, or a symbol that shows up throughout the book. In the books
To Kill a
Mockingbird, The Secret Life of Bees, and The Samurai’s Garden,
the authors use a symbol to
show the overall message in the book. For
To Kill a Mockingbird,
the mockingbird shows
innocence, for
The Secret Life of Bees,
the “secret life” of bees shows the necessities of life, and
in
The Samurai’s Garden…
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