Symbols so far

An important symbol that I found in the beginning chapters of Fall is Noels transformation. Noel leaves boarding school for Canadian Christmas break (winter) to visit his family in Australia, where it is summer time. This ties into the patterns of literature chart we learned, where winter symbolizes a metaphoric death and summer symbolizes maturing. The symbolic chart ties into the change that, main character, Noel goes through by using the setting to emphasize the metaphoric change that occurs.

When Noel left for Christmas break he was considered weak both physically and emotionally. He had no friends and rarely talked to anyone. During his Christmas break he went to Australia where it was summer, there he underwent an enormous change both physically and mentally. He began working out daily, pushing himself to new limits, and met a girl, who he shared a short graphic night with. When he returned to school the following semester, the weak character he used to be had died and he had become a new stronger Noel.