Universal Contextual
In A Little Princess, Frances
Hodgson Burnett uses hot buns
as a symbol for the connection
between the main character and
a poor street child
In To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
uses a mockingbird as a symbol
for innocence.
In "The Water of Life," the Brothers
Grimm use water as a symbol
for life.
In "The Nightingale and the Rose,
Oscar Wilde uses a red rose
as a symbol for love.