Is symbolism used Why?

The birds are symbolic in The Notebook. At the very beginning, there are a flock of birds flying by overhead. Then when Allie and Noah reunite and they are taking a boat ride, beautiful white birds...

Other than overt symbols for good, evil, ideals corrupted, etc. JRRT did not do much with symbolism, and he's on the record as "...despising allegory.." Sauron in his final incarnation was never to...

to create a better image of what the writer is trying to put across

One pair of symbols can be found in two rivers that flow through the school: the Devon and the Naguamsett. Gene remembers the freshwater Devon River fondly, for this was the body of water that he and...