Carmen Rosario
ENG 102
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Tithe: A Modern Faerie Tale
By: Holly Black
Holly black is the author of the book I read. She was born in Long Branch, New Jersey in 1971. Her first novel was Tithe: A modern Faerie Tale. She then wrote two other books in the same world as Tithe. Valient and the Sequel to the Tithe, Ironside which spent five weeks on the New York Times bestseller list (Holly Black website). She also collaborated on the works of The Spiderwick Chronicles with Tony DiTerlizzi. She is known as the bestselling author of The Spiderwick Chronicles. Holly now lives in Massachusetts with her husband. In their house they also have a "secret Library". Which she states is “her favorite part of her house"(Holly blacks website)
In the novel I just read there are many symbols. Some of these symbol being as little as a four leaf clover to being as simple as a name. Each thing big or small symbolizes something. In this novel symbols go a long way. Without the symbols the story would probably make little to no sense at all. Not only would that but with out all the symbols in this novel the book be very boring and plain. In general the book might have a good amount of symbols.
Each symbol represents different things though out the story. I think the most fascinating symbol of the whole book would be a person’s name. In the book the knowing the name of a faire means you’re able to control them. They need to obey your every command. You see this chapter 10 when Kaye uses Roiben's full name to get free. "" Rath Roiben Rye"..."Cut my bonds."" Without Kaye knowing Roiben full name she couldn't have commanded him to break her chains. So a name plays a big role in this novel.
Another symbol would be the four-leaf clover. In the novel Kaye is truly a faerie and finds out in a later chapter. The reason she didn’t know she was a faerie is because they had put a disguise on her that they call "Glamour". In other to take this glamour off she needs to find a four- leaf clover. So the four leaf clover symbolizes her from the faerie. It separates her from the rest of the world in a sense. Even though she is told not to take her glamour off she still chooses to do so. Not only is that but four - leaf clovers very hard to find so she just starts rolling a pile of clovers. Also symbolize how unique she is.
I think by far this is great novel the way the author wrote it was just amazing. She used lots of symbols and imagery to catch the reader’s attention. I look forward to reading more books by this author. She did a great job with the entire symbols she put in. Symbol in a novel are very important without symbols novels would be very bland and boring. I am glad this was a great novel to read.
