Symbolism, And Audience In The Other Side

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In the book The Other Side, the author uses tone, symbolism, and audience. She uses them in different ways throughout the story. This essay will be analyzing here use of tone, symbolism, and audience. The first thing that the author uses within the book is symbolism. Throughout the book she uses the fence between Clover and Annie’s house as a symbol of the fact that there was separation between blacks and whites during that time. In the book it states, “That summer the fence that stretched through our town seemed bigger.” The second thing that the author uses within the book is audience. While the author tailors the book toward children, adults could still enjoy it or learn something from it because it kind of explains that there was separation

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