Asymbol in literature is a word, image, object, event, or person that has greater meaning than its literal definition. authors use symbols to convey ideas in a subtle way. one symbol used in the novel frankenstein is fire. when the creature first encounters fire, he says,“'how strange, 'i thought, 'that the same cause should produce such opposite effects! '” what does fire represent throughout the novel?

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in the first part of the story running is all that matters to squeaky. running gives her confidence and defines who she is. at the beginning of the story she says that other kids call her mercury because she runs very fast. in the text she refers to herself as "miss quicksilver".

the line that provides the best evidence that squeaky has self-confidence is

" and i continue with my breathing exercise, strolling down broadway toward the ice cream man on 145th with not a care in the world cause i am miss quicksilver herself".