HTRLLAP 📚
Illness is always ___ in literature
symbolic
What does Marie do in BTPATG?
What disease does Hazel Grace have in TFIOS?
What does Alexa's cancer journey represent in Alexa & Katie?
resilience, perseverance
What do Enzima's recurring fevers represent about the community in Things Fall Apart?
What is illness meant to represent?
the human experience
What is the mother's illness in "Night Women"?
physical exhaustion
What do Forrest's braces symbolize in Forrest Gump?
societal restrictions for people who are "different"
What do Eleven's nosebleeds represent in Stranger Things?
the cost of having power
What does the infertility spread in The Handmaid's Tale represent?
spread of oppression/unnecessary control
What can dying of heart disease symbolize?
broken heart, loneliness, lack of love
What does the dead child represent? (BTPATG)
loss of innocence, fragility of life
What does Forrest's intellectual struggle say about his character?
represents his innocence, purity, honesty
What does Hannah Baker's depression represent in 13 Reason's Why?
social neglect
What does Susannah's cancer represent in The Summer I Turned Pretty?
fragility of life, life continues after one dies
physical exhaustion
What larger problem does the dead child symbolize in BTPATG?
harshness of life for Haitian women in poverty
What does Augustus's death represent in TFIOS?
the price of love
What do Monica and Chandler's infertility struggles represent in Friends?
unfulfilled desire, lack of growth
What does Holden Caulfield's persitant cough represent in The Catcher in the Rye?
vulnerability, suppressed emotions
How can illness represent a society?
corruption, "sick" culture or political system
Why is the mother's suffering more than physical in "Night Woman"
represents poverty and exploitation
What does Anna's frozen heart symbolize in Frozen?
need for love
What does Rue's addiction in Euphoria represent?
escaping her own pain
What does Fantine's tuberculosis & death represent in Les Mis?
poverty, harsh treatment in society, cost of devotion to daughter