Hiding From The Truth! In the reading, "The Story of an Hour," many things weren’t as they seemed. This is called symbolism. Where one write something and it symbolizes another thing. For example, someone’s blood gets warmer. That wouldn’t symbolize them getting hot, it symbolizes them having a warm and happy feeling about something. This shows that things aren’t thought of as they are supposed to be. Symbolism also leads to …showed first 75 words of 779 total…

…showed last 75 words of 779 total…Hour." Most of the things lead back to hidden truths, symbolism and a very ironic ending. The story is full of examples from each. The story makes people think and use their heads. It is a great example of irony and can be used in some type of example; such as, don’t believe everything you hear. The story is full of many different writing devices, the most used would be hidden truths and symbolism.