![]() “When you do something noble and beautiful and nobody noticed, do not be sad.“To forget how to dig the earth and to tend the soil is to forget ourselves.” –Mahatma Gandhi."Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished." –Lao Tzu.“There is no Wi-Fi in the forest, but I promise you will find a better connection.” –Ralph Smart."I firmly believe that nature brings solace in all troubles." –Anne Frank.Nature always seems trying to talk to us as if she had some great secret to tell. "Fresh air is as good for the mind as for the body."Every morning was a cheerful invitation to make my life of equal simplicity, and I may say innocence, with Nature herself." –Henry David Thoreau."For a time, I rest in the grace of the world, and am free." –Wendell Berry."My wish is to stay always like this, living quietly in a corner of nature." –Claude Monet."Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer's day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time." –Sir John Lubbock."Some old-fashioned things like fresh air and sunshine are hard to beat." –Laura Ingalls Wilder.But to the eyes of the man of imagination, nature is imagination itself." –William Blake Some see nature all ridicule and deformity, and by these I shall not regulate my propositions. "The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing which stands in the way. ![]() "What is the good of your stars and trees, your sunrise and the wind, if they do not enter into our daily lives?" –E.M."In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." –John Muir."Nature is not a place to visit, it is home." –Gary Snyder.Next Section Metaphors and Similes Previous Section Analysis How To Cite in MLA Format Anonymous "My Year of Rest and Relaxation Symbols, Allegory and Motifs". Will review the submission and either publish your submission or provide feedback. You can help us out by revising, improving and updatingĪfter you claim a section you’ll have 24 hours to send in a draft. She comments, “But I think I was also holding on to the loss, to the emptiness of the house itself, as though to affirm that it was better to be alone than to be stuck with people who were supposed to love you, yet couldn’t.” Update this section! The empty house emotionally resonates with the lack of love and connection that the narrator felt with her parents even while they were still alive. The narrator returns to visit her parents' empty house after their death. Narrator's parents' house as a symbol of narrator's relationship with her parents Ping Xi's art underscores the cruelty and lack of meaning that the narrator finds not only in the art world but in society overall. For another exhibit, he allegedly kills young dogs, taxidermies them, and installs lasers into their eyes. Ping Xi's paintings involve masturbating onto canvases, symbolizing that art is, literally, masturbatory. She describes in particular the work of artist Ping Xi. Ping Xi's art as a symbol of cruelty and lack of meaningĪt the beginning of the novel, the narrator works at an art gallery. The compulsion to use more of the drugs is very strong that it motivates her to endure the pain of going for them. That was always a painful passage.” The narrator absolutely depends on the drugs for they expedite her hibernation by making her sleepy. ![]() The narrator recounts, “When I needed more pills, I ventured out to the Rite Aid three blocks away. The narrator expends her day sleeping for long so as to be away from the ordinary day-to-day engagements. The sheets on my bed yellowed, although I usually fell asleep in front of the television on the sofa…I didn’t do much in my waking hours besides watch movies.” The hibernation project entails the inactivity of the body. The narrator elucidates, “I had started “hibernating” as best I could in mid-June of 2000…My muscles withered. Written by people who wish to remain anonymous We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own. These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community.
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