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ESL 21a

Essay 1.2

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"Symbols" are things that symbolize things which is not shaped. Symbols show meaning of things clearly with some shapes{***}Explain. In our life, all Local public entities, companies, schools and universities make some symbols of them and show how and what they are like. Now, I am going to show some example in our life and explain how symbols are served in our life.

In Near Eastern societies, nuclear families do not have their meals together. Husbands have their meals in their own room with men only. Wives have their meals also in their own room with their children. It is to not take husband's portion to wife's room. It is very rare in our society, but this is also how symbols are served. In addition, there is a country meals symbolize the marriages. In many New Guinea societies, the first time couples have meals together is after they get married. Meals symbolize marriage in this case.

In our life, we often see the symbols of car companies on cars. Many companies put their symbols on their merchandises for advertising. In New York Stock Exchange which is the biggest stock exchange in the world, 3 characters called Ticker symbol are used as symbols to show companies name. Honda is the first Japanese car company which could present to NYSE. The ticker symbol of Honda is HMC. It comes from the name of the corporation "Honda Motor Company". When we HMC, we may directly know it is a symbol for Honda. All people in the world who have seen NYSE on TV know this symbol. Only 3 characters "HMC" symbolize Honda to the world. This kind of symbol is one of the most common symbols we may see in our everyday life, I think.

The national flags are the symbols which are the biggest and the most common in the world. The eagle and the bear ware used by political cartoonists to portray the conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union. All countries make some symbols e.g. national flags to show what their country's is like. For example, the national flag of Japan is shaped with a red circle in white a square. The meaning of the circle is a sun. the reason of this is Japanese people have a lot cared about rising of the sun since long time ago. This is rare that red symbolize the sun. The color which symbolize sun is normally yellow or gold and red seems like a lucky color in Japan, so the national flag of Japan includes sun on the front. The flag of the United States also symbolize their country. The number of the stars on the flag symbolizes the number of states in the United States. National flags are images which symbolize their country to the world.

All people who could get a great authority want to show their authority to people and they need the symbols of their authority to keep showing their authority to people. The king Tutankhamen's a flail and the covered staff in Egypt to show he had a great authority at the time. Pyramids are also the symbol of king Tutankhamen's authority. Pyramids are the graves for kings in Egypt in long time ago. Kings wanted to keep the symbols of their authority after they died and show to people forever that the man who is in the pyramids had a great authority. Kings used to have a lot more authority than now at the time. So the authority of king Tutankhamen was as big as the pyramid. There are also symbols of authority now. The White House in Washington D.C is the symbol of the president in U.S.A. The president is a only person who may live in white house. White house symbolize the president of U.S.A to the world. People who have a power show their authority by symbols at any time.

In conclusion, there are many symbols e.g. food, grave, national flags and car emblems. Symbols symbolize many thing with shapes. Symbols have been served in our life since long time ago until nowadays. All people who had a power made something to show their authority, now this is kept going like white house. Symbols may tell us what things are directly. Car company uses symbols for advertising, in some countries food symbolize their marriage, all countries have their own national flags to symbolize their countries and all people with power make something to symbolize their authority. Those are how symbols are used in our everyday life. There is no day we do not see symbol in our life. All companies have their logos. All things without shape are shown by characters. Those are examples of symbols in our life. Symbols are the easiest way to tell what it is, therefore, symbols are a lot served in our everyday life.