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In the story ascent the ladder represented the push or climb to the top also the castle symbolism’s the end of the push. As Clarke and Julia climb they think about things like memory’s and how a path makes you think to.

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A main theme in the book, Peak, is independence. A symbol that stands for independence is the boulder. When Peak is too independent and has no friends, the boulder is in his way. Later in the book when he has learned to make friends and connect with others the boulder is gone from his path to the "Friendship Bridge."
Group members: Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Vlad Putin.

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We think that the ladders in the Ascent represent the protagonist, Clare, moving on from her mother’s passing. For example, as they climb up the ladders, Clare tries harder and harder to forget about her mother. However, once the ladders are gone and she reaches the top, she starts thinking about her mother again and feels guilty. Also, when Clare is climbing, the higher she gets the farther away she is from thinking about her mother. Overall, the ladders in The Ascent represent Clare moving forward from her past and her mother. Alex Jose, Jane Boardman, and Grace Rich

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In the story The Acent ladder is a main object that comes upon repeatedly. Our group has agreed that. The ladder represents life, in life you may not want to go on but people in your life keep you going as in this story. Also the determination of the main character is the same as in life, you need determination to go through life.

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A main theme in “The Ascent” is moving or staying in the past. A symbol that stands for moving or staying in the past is the ladders. As Clare and Julia climb the ladder Clare slowly leaves the past behind and starts to live in the future and present. Clare starts to move forward and be more in then present.

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In “the Ascent” the main theme we saw was getting over your fears. Clare looked down, and was scared because of high up she was. Julia warned not to look down but she did anyway, she then panicked but Julia helped her get over her fear. She also was constantly reminded of her mother, who recently passed. She was anxious, and probably somewhat hopeful about seeing her mother in the tower, although she knew that she wouldn’t see her. They both saw the ladders as a way to escape the real world. When they were climbing, all of the real world problems vanished and they just focused of climbing, only when Clare looked down is when she got worried. group members: annie and eliza

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A main theme in this story, the ascent, was success. The theme was success because one of the friends was up the ladder farther and was fearless while the other friend staggered behind . The success was at the top of the ladder. The climb was the journey. Som of the symbols were the ladder which represented their journey to success. Another symbol was the fog/cloud. The fog/clouds represented the bad things/obstacles in the way of their success. They also represented bad things that are unclear of when or what will happen. Also, the ground stood for their past life.

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Ascent Symbol - Possibility/New Beginnings

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Ascent Symbol - Possibility/New Beginnings

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The main themes in the story “The Ascent” are Possibility/New Beginnings. A symbol that stands for Possibility/New Beginnings is the Door. When they’re climbing, the doors, like new beginnings  seem hard and impossible to reach. When Julia and Clare reach the top of the ladders, they need to open the doors to continue their journey. Julia is able to step through the door and continue a new adventure. Clare, like many people, wasn’t able to move on and start something new.
Group members: Juniper Mahnke and Evelyn Yu

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The main theme of The Ascent is grief. I think this because Clare climbing up ladders symbolizes her going through grief. I know it’s grief because Clare mentions her mom and quotes her a lot throughout the story. She also mentions she is lost without her mom and she is also lost on the ladder. I think that when she reaches the top and goes through the door that symbolizes her getting over grief, but she can’t get over it and is scared to.

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The theme of the story “The Ascent” is the ladder. The latter symbolizes the emotions of a character based on where they are on the climb. The symbols are: exited, scared, worried, conscious, nervous, brave, and fearless. They make it to the top because por the latter and the traits that come out of it.
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In the story the Ascent a large part of the story that is described in great detail is the ground. The ground represents the thoughts of her dead Mom. The story says the the ground is just a memory now, just like her Mom. Clare, the protagonist, also leaves the ground behind just like she tries to push away the thought of her Mom. She wants to move on and leave them behind.
Group Members: Seth, Will, Alden and Harrison

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A main theme of Ascent is happiness. A symbol that stands for happiness is the north (her mom). When Clare is happy it is because her north (mom) is there and alive. Now her north (her mom) is gone and her happiness is gone as well, like a dismembered compass.

Group Members: Ben Holland and Jonah Nordin

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The main theme of the story Ascend is about adventure. Two symbols that represent this is ladders and doors. The doors could lead to something new or possibilities, and the ladders could bring a new discovery for the characters. The doors open to new things and the characters are adventuring to find a discovery.

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In The Ascent, a main theme in the story is achievements. A symbol that represents achievements in this story is the ladder. When Julia and Clare are climbing on their own ladders, Julia is always a few feet ahead of Clare. Earlier in the book, we learn that Clare is tired of climbing the ladder.

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A main theme in the book ascent is moving forward. A symbol that stands for moving forward is the ladders moving upwards. The climbs is destiny like how moving forward in life is you’re destiny. Another example of this is the fact that the ladders are 20 feet apart standing for having to move forward alone in life sometimes. And another is that maybe they mover forward towards something magical like moving forward in life towards a magical life. Group Members : Zoe Ting, Grace Harris

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A main theme in the short story Accent is perseverance because Clare is always pushing herself up the ladder and trying to make it to the top.

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A main theme in The Ascent is the loss. A symbol that stands for this word is the ground. The main character always talks about how they wish they were still on the ground and they miss it. The ground is where their deepest memories lay.  Everything above was not expected from the ground.

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A theme in The Ascent is moving on. A symbol that stands for moving on is the doorknob at the top of the ladders. Clare’s mother has passed away and Clare has to learn how to move on. Clare is really scared to move on, this parallels how Clare is scared to open the door because she does not know what will happen if she takes that chance. She is also afraid that the door knob will burn her even though it is cool to the tough. This mirrors her hesitancy to move past her mother’s passing because she afraid it will end up hurting her, even though it is healthy. She ends up not opening the door because her anxiety stops her. This represents how she is not emotionally ready for the next stage in her life.

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A door in “The Ascent” symbolizes unreadiness. When both Julia and Clare reach the door they have mixed reactions. Julia is ready to enter the door, and face her future. But Clare doesn't want to go through. She isn’t ready to start her future.
By Hunter, Alexander, and Owen

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A main theme in The Ascent is moving on. In the story the ladders are what represent this theme. Clare was climbing the parallel ladders up to someplace that Julia and her didn’t know. When she was climbing she had a lot of memories of her mother, who had passed away, and is starting to move on. In order to get the the top she had to learn that it was okay to have new memories and to face her fears. Once she learned that it was okay to move on from her mother they reached the top of the ladder.
Group Members: Asa Labell, Layla Yankee

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The theme of the ground is mourning. Something to back this up is that our main character is trying to move further from the ground Just like she is trying to move away from memories of her mother. The main character also tries not to look down, because the ground represents her mother being far away. Finally the main character says that the ground is just a memory just like her mother is just a memory.  - Lucas, luca, Emerson

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A main theme in “The Ascent” is staying in the past. A symbol that represents this is the doorknob. When she reaches the door she is hesitant about opening it because she is still grieving her moms death, she can’t bring herself to forget her yet.  When she tries to open the door, she tries but her hand will not do it. She is grieving her moms death to much and doesn’t want to move on. Her mind may want to move on but she can’t escape her past and wants to stay in the past.

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A main theme in The Ascent is moving on. In The Ascent, ladders are referenced a lot. The narrator is hesitant to climb the ladder, she doesn’t want to let go of her past life and the thought of her mother, even if it’s weighing her down. The ladders could represent leaving the past behind and moving forward with life, and the process of moving on. The clouds and mist could represent not looking back, because they limit your view from looking to the ground, like how it would limit you from thinking about a painful past. Lastly, the doorknobs, doors and the towers could represent finally moving on, the tower is the new mind of your, strengthened with brick and mortar to stop you from thinking about the past and letting those feelings get to you. The doorknobs and doors represent entering this new phase of life, fully letting go of the past and the painful feelings that are associated with your old life, and finally entering your new life with a strong mind to cut off the trauma you formerly had.

#2 Being Lost
The second main theme is being lost. This theme is represented by the compass that can’t point north. This compass can’t point north, because the narrator’s north (her mom) is gone. The compass is broken like how her heart and mind is broken and in pain because she had to deal with losing her mother.

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There’s dialogue where the narrator and her friend are exchanging a conversation. Her friend asks if she’s okay, and the narrator replies that she isn’t, and then her friend says she’s gonna be ok.

Though this dialogue can be about climbing the ladders, it can be interpreted as her friend saying she’s be okay after her mom died.

Group Members: Charlie Rowe, Sam Williams, James Austin

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The Island is what Clare wants to be doing. She is climbing the ladder to get to the tower. The stars remember her of her mom with her soul and atoms and she is the reason to keep climbing and the door knob is shining like the stars. As if that is where you want to be. The thunder is the shocks of life. Clare trying to stop her self is one, and the others are the feelings of her mom because her moms death. And Claire thinks that if she gets to the tower they are rockets and she will reunite with the stars/her mom. So she has a goal.

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A main theme in the book ascent is moving past hardships
With the support of friends. This is shown from when clares mom dies and her friend julie helped her get through the hardships. Another way this shows this is when they where ascending the tower and julie got really tired but seeing Clare far ahead of her that gave her the confidence to push forward

Group Members: Dylan, Billy

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The main theme in the story Ascent is how everyone has differences. A symbol that represents that is the ladders. Julia and Clare are on different ladders and they are very far apart. Julia is above and confident with climbing the ladders and Clare is below  and hesitant with climbing. Everyone is different in different situations and I think that is shown in the story.

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The main theme in the book, The Ascent, is starting over. A symbol that stands for a new beginning is the doors. The ladder shows the process to get to the new beginning. Claire is trying to move on from her moms death but when she gets to the door she can’t open it which means she is not ready to move on. Where as her friend Julia can open the door easily meaning she has gotten over her guilt and has nothing to move on from. In conclusion there’s are many symbols in the book The Ascent.

Kendal, Monet, and Ania

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We think that a theme in the book is new ideas. A symbol that shows this is clouds. These clouds in the story are relating to the towers, that are showing new things that are happening. When new things happen there are new ideas. Another part in the story it mentions lights and clouds. Lights can be a symbol for new ideas which also relate to the clouds. In the story if things are not going so good and the people are sad than maybe the clouds will start raining, or if happy things are going on in the story than there will be sun and blue skies.

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In the story, the clouds represent a new beginning. And because there are white and shiny it most likely means they are leading to something good. If the clouds were to turn dark and grey then that would mean something bad is about to happen.

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A main theme in the excerpts from The Ascent, is moving on and the future. Symbols that represent the future are ladders and doors. When Clare and Julia find the ladders in the woods they decided not to tell their parents. Clare wants to tell her parents, but Julia does not. This is also shown when Julia is ahead of Clare on the ladders. Clare wants more time to mourn her mothers death. It takes more courage for Clare to walk through the door than it did Julia. Julia is reading to move on and become older.
Group members: Charlotte Bridier, Mallory Manganaro

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A theme in this story is thoughts and ideas. A symbol that shows this is clouds. In the story if things turn bad the clouds will start raining and that shows sadness. If in the story good things are going to happen then there will be little clouds and sunny weather. The clouds will show thoughts and ideas.

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A main theme in the book, Ascent, is memory. A symbol that represents memory is clouds. Her thoughts are illuminated just like the clouds, this makes her think about her mom as a memory. Clare cannot grasp the cloud as she can’t reach the past and into her memories.

Group members: Brynn Fall and Ania Rakowski.

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A main theme in the book is starting over. A symbol that stands for that is the doors. Along the story, Clare keeps mentioning her mom and thinking about her. She later explains what it felt like when her mom died. At the end of the excerpt, doors come up a lot. Her and her friend reach the top and come to a set of doors, one for each of them. Her friend Julia has no problem reaching for her door and stepping inside. But Clare on the other hand can’t seem to open her door. The door represents starting over for Clare without her mom and trying to accept that she is gone. Group members: Monet C and Kendal A.