True Meanings Of Names In Excerpt From Bean Trees And The Dead

A name symbolizes what that person means and stands for. Renaming is an act of changing who you want the world to see you as. Naming and renaming is an important concept throughout Toni Morrison’s Beloved. A name is an identity that allows one to identify as a human being. A name is full of history, culture, and individuality. In Beloved, a name is both a source of freedom and a source of degrading history. Naming transforms and alters one’s future and history.

In many ways, a name determines who a person becomes and the kind of person they are. However, last names are set in stone and you can’t choose them. Last names are more prominent in determining the person you will become. Last names are a tradition passed through generations. It carries the morals and beliefs of your ancestors. William Faulkner chose last names for the characters in the novel Light in August that are significant and possess symbolism. Joanna is an outcast in the community and she possesses a strange past. Her last name represents generations of self-imposed struggle and despair. Faulkner chose Burden for her and her family to symbolize their struggle with racism and further characterize them.

In Morrison’s novel Beloved, Baby Suggs and Stamp Paid were figures of salvation. Each devoted their lives to providing for other people. Baby Suggs preached her sermons on self-love and helped the black community to push away past evils they had endured. Stamp Paid played an active role in the Underground Railroad by always extending a comforting, resurrecting hand to battered, escaping slaves. However, these two former slaves that always uplifted those around them had experience deep valleys in the past. Though this former life caused them great grief, there was one thing that brought them reviving life –a name. Both characters, hoping to start anew, renamed themselves to mark their freedom. So, what’s in a name?

There are many reasons why people may feel self-conscious; in which, others may or may not, be able to relate to. “My Name’’ is the fourth chapter in The House on Mango Street and in this chapter, Esperanza and I share some similarities. Being named after a relative, born in the Chinese year of the horse, and a dislike in our own name are similarities we share in this chapter. [Esperanza] “In English my name means hope. In Spanish it means to many letters’’(10). Esperanza expresses a dislike in her name due to the length stating, that her name it is too long. When I was younger, I felt the same as my parents placed upon me three middle names at birth. I to felt my name was too long. I would feel embarrassed when my family would address me by my full name although, they would only do so if I was

In the movie Namesake, a character named Gogol is born in America and is given two names. The first being Gogol, his pet name and secondly Nikhil, his good name. In the beginning, he is grows up being called his pet name until his family can decide on what his good name can be. He then enters school and decides to always be called Gogol because that is the way he grew up, and it is the name he knows. He is torn between his Bengali roots and American future, so he switches to the name Nikhil when he head off to Yale. This name is less foreign to everyone and is the name everyone calls him, with the only exception to his close family. This shows that he is trying to get away from the alienation he experienced previously and

...pict some aspect of their future character. The most striking example of naming in the Bible is the name of Jesus or Immanuel, which means God with us. Authors also use naming to direct readers’ attention to a certain aspect of that character. They often use this tactic in allegory, saying one thing and meaning another. When they name a character they imply more than just a name to recognize them by. They mean to expose the character’s behavior or struggles. Dante and Bunyan both use this tactic in their works, The Inferno and The Pilgrim’s Progress. Dante names his characters after specific historical figures which readers in his day would recognize and attribute attributes to them. Bunyan names his characters after their attributes themselves. Each approach has benefits and weaknesses, but both are effective examples of the use of naming in allegorical writing.

What is the name? The name is a word used for identification. Through two words—a family name and a given name, a personal name identifies a specific, unique and identifiable individual person. Countries name people using their own customs, which are determined by history, society and culture. Some people believe that naming is simply choosing some words to make a good meaning. But Cindy Chang’s article “Chinese names blend traditions, drama” ,which was published in the Los Angeles Times, reveals her family’s experience of naming her brother’s child and states that naming is a challenge for her family because of the blended culture with Chinese, American and Korean backgrounds. Indeed, naming is a challenge for parents because of Chinese traditional naming customs and local naming customs.

The Namesake is populated by characters who's shows signs of themselves being lost when it comes to purpose and destiny. Many characters struggle because most of the characters feel the tug and pull of different cultures, dreams, and traditions.

Arthur Miller, like so many other authors and playwrights, uses names to signify and symbolize the inner characteristics of his characters. Miller uses names in a way that unveils the theme of the play itself. Every character’s name is its own metaphor. The way he describes his characters is both intelligent and ironic.

In the book Pilgrim’s Progress, there are a multitude of characters whose defining characteristic is their name. For example, the main character’s name is Christian, because he is a Christian, and one of his travel companion’s names was Faithful, who was named such due to his unwavering faith in God. All throughout the book, these types of names are used, and they signify something significant immediately about the character. If I were a character in Pilgrim’s Progress, my name would be Loyal. Loyal would be an excellent addition in the book because she would stay with Christian throughout his entire journey, teach him to follow God’s will without hesitation, and represent a key characteristic in a true christian.