America and I: "Light” and “Dark” For this final paper I chose to take a closer look at the writing of Anzia Yezierska in “America and I”. I decided to examine the symbolism used by Yezierska in this piece. Yezierska tells the story of her struggle to find “America”. As she writes about this Yezierska uses symbolism to convey ideas and connotations about her feelings and her perception of America. The words and images of “darkness” and “light” are used throughout the piece. Yezierska uses the idea of “darkness” and “light” to symbolize the negative and positive aspects of her experience and understanding in America. As it is commonly regarded darkness symbolizes those things which have negative connotaions. Yezierska uses the notion of darkness to symbolize her feelings of despair, confusion, and the hardships faced by her. On the other hand the....

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