Reflections of Self-Symbolism in My Living Room

Reflections of Self-Symbolism in My Living Room

A home has several rooms, some of which we might spend more time in rather than the others. Personally, the room I spend most of my time in is the living room. My living room is a vast space with high white walls, with photos as decorations, a television, a huge comfy couch, and finally, amazing scenery from the window that overlooks the city; the photos displayed include family photos, wedding photos and my child’s photos. From all these, the three things that reveal something significant about me are the photos, the white walls, and the scenery overlooking the city. These traits of my living room indicate the significance of the room to me because it symbolizes innocence, a memento, and security.

The first symbolic depiction is innocence. The white color for my walls shows innocence, not only in the purity depiction but also from the peace I get by being within the space. The plain white walls lack patterns of any kind, illustrating a calm water body without any movement. This displays the unknown circumstances behind the still water.  Additionally, the photos depict the genuine love I have for my family, including my child. This love for my family is genuine without any ulterior motive showing its innocence.

The second symbolic depiction is a memento. Just as John’s Wife in the Yellow Wallpaper, by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, journals to ease her mind, decorating the living room with photos is a way of expressing myself by representing people that I love and occurrences that stuck with me in my space. Every time I’m in the room, I travel back to an interaction with one of the people captured in my photos, reliving the interactions and events, pointing to life and living.

The last symbolic depiction is security. Security is not only limited to the high white walls that keep me in the safety of the room but also, security in my identity. Being in my living room secures me in my identity as a spouse and parent, two traits that are a huge part of who I am as an individual and how I present myself in society. The scenery overlooking the city from my living room’s window serves as a reminder of the security in my community while looking out at the scenery reminds me of the individuality one gets from being secluded from a whole for security in my self-identification. This self-identification is similar to the one John’s wife had in ‘The Yellow Wallpaper’, by being confined to the nursery with yellow walls, in which a woman sought liberation from her identity.

Works Cited

Gilman, Charlotte Perkins. The Yellow Wall-Paper. Rev ed., The Feminist Press, 1996, Gale College Collection, link.gale.com/apps/doc//GCCO?u=nysl_me_moncol&sid=lmsGCCO&pg=80957840&xid=9595771d.

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In “The Yellow Wallpaper” the house and the room are filled with symbols that reflect and affect the characters.

Take a look at the room you spend the most time in and think about the symbolic weight of it. Now pick three things (items, patterns, colors, etc.) that reveal something significant about yourself.

Reflections of Self-Symbolism in My Living Room

***Personal facts: I spend the most time in my living room, I have white walls, family photos, wedding photos, and my child’s photos on the walls, a television, a huge comfy couch, amazing scenery from the window that overlooks the city, elephant sculptures and one money plant. Please utilize this information.**

Write a first-person essay that discusses the significance of the room and the three symbols in your life. Don’t just describe the symbols but look deeper and analyze the symbols using the literary analysis notes for the week.