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There are any pieces of symbolism in 'The Lions Of Little Rock'. One piece of symbolism is, of course, the lions, but I lready wrote about that. However, another significant piece of symbolism that reoccurs through the story is the black feather. In fact, that black feather is so important that it is one of the pictures that appear above the chapter number.

The black feather. Have you ever heard or watched 'Dumbo'? In Dumbo, a little elephant carries a black feather for good luck. In 'The Lions Of Little Rock', Marlee carries the black feather for strength and bravery. That black feather resembles Marlee's strength, her bravery, and her determination.

For example, one part in the story really broadcasted this black feather. It was when Marlee was about to speak in front of her class for the first time EVER for a presentation. By rubbing that black feather, she was able to find stregth in herself and speak in front of her class.

That is only one time she used it. It reoccured many times, and in fact, she even pased it onto her Mother for her strength. Hence, the black feather really helped Marlee persever through her fear significantly throughout the text, and it definitely symbolizes her change through fear to bravery, strength, and perseverance.

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The book "The Lions of Little Rock" is written in first-person perspective. The reader can observe this by looking at the pronouns the author uses - "I" "Me" - and referring to everything in Marlee's point of view. Maybe the author could have told Sally's story of figuring out Liz was black from her point of view, but she didn't. Instead, the author chose to have the readers hear about it from Marlee's perspective - Sally telling the whole class about Liz's new "coloured" form.

There are benefits to writing this story in first-person perspective. If it hadn't been, then we might not have believed Marlee's story about the dynamite in Red's car. First-person perspective helps make things more believable to the reader, even more than third-person perspective. Also, if it hadn't been in first-person, we might have never understood why Marlee chose to hang out with Liz despite the risks, or the inner turmoil she felt at first losing her sister and then finding out her sister had a new boyfriend and wasn't that good, comforting sister anymore.

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In this book, Marlee is definitely clashing with the government. Marlee disagrees with how the government thinks that colored people should be excluded. Marlee doesn’t believe the same, especially with the fact that she cares for Liz, and the government is separating them. This causes more reason for Marlee to be against the government, and Marlee even takes risks by seeing Liz multiple times. She even loses her crush on JT after JT was mistreating Liz, by calling her the n-word. (not going to type it here)

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Projekt 1065 and The Lions Of Little Rock are both incredibly similar and different in specific ways. For example, I think that they both have a very similar theme, because in 'The Lions Of Little Rock', the theme was not to be afraid to broadcast your voice or your thoughts, and that what you think is your opinion, and others deserve to hear it. In 'Projekt 1065', a theme was to always stay true to yourself, to persevere through the countless horrors in life, and to finish what you started. Those themes are both similar, because they both have something to do with staying strong to your thoughts, and staying true to yourself always, and fulfilling not only what you say you'll finish, but still, in the end, finishing it.

Something I found that differs the two books, however, is the type of struggle that the protagonists went through. In 'The Lions Of Little Rock', Marlee faces the challenge of being able to voice her thoughts to the world and staying true to herself, while it feels like the whole universe isn't on your side, and thrive on bringing you down. Michael, however, struggles through being able to persevere through the troubles. Marlee has trouble coping with them, not being able to voice it out, but Michael has no problem being strong with himself, he just has trouble being able to see everything he stands for demolish. He has troubles coming through the horros of life.

That is why the two stories, 'The Lions Of Little Rock', and 'Projekt 1065', are both similar and different in their own ways.

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The Lions of Little Rock is in first-person perspective. This is shown by how everything includes an I, Marlee’s name is only used in the book when others are calling her that. The reason I think Kristin Levine included this would be so we can have more insight in Marlee’s inner thoughts, as well as her feelings. We can develop empathy for her.

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Comparing the Projekt-1065 & The Lions of Little Rock

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Comparing the Projekt-1065 & The Lions of Little Rock

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We decided to compare ‘Projekt-1065’ and The Lions of Little Rock. One similarity that I noticed was how they both met friends that made them different from what they really are supposed to be like. For example, in ‘Projekt-1065’, Michael is supposed to be against the Nazi, he’s supposed to be the spy without any distractions. However, he meets Fritz, which distracts him from his duty, as he wants to help Fritz - but Fritz is supportive of the Germans. In The Lions of Little Rock, Marlee is supposed to be, well, racist - people believe being against colored people is literally right. Marlee, at first, does nothing about the racism, but when she meets Liz, she starts to be against racism - something that she shouldn’t be doing (I think this is right but the white people think people have to be racist). This also shows how the protagonists in both books meet friends that distract them from doing something and being someone that is believed to be what they should be.

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The author wrote this in first-person because the story focuses mainly on Marlee, not anyone else. Plus, there aren’t any secrets that need to be shared that Marlee hasn’t experienced.

Yes. Marlene has a friend, Liz, who is black but passes for white. Marlene should have not wanted to be with Liz, but she rebels against everybody to be with Liz. She joins is WEC even though the government is disapproving of WEC, as is her mother. She clashes a lot against society. She even disagrees with JT’s speaking of Liz as a “nigger”. Marlene says that Liz was “funny and outspoken and clever”.

Outside from that, Marlee disobeys all the rules as she regularly meets with Liz; at the zoo or talking on the phone. She does this with a guilty conscience; but since Liz is the only one she can actually talk to, she does it all the same. That shows her being against society again - white people that time weren’t supposed to like blacks. They were supposed to have lice in hair and all.

Marlee also rebels against society by helping the WEC get people to vote to open public schools. She helps Miss Winthrop and Mrs. Brewer keep their secrets of being integretionists, because that will seriously affect their group.

Another example that’s kind of minor but still an example of how Marlee rebels against society is when she goes to Red’s football game and doesn’t cheer when he intercepts a pass. She does that because Red insulted Liz and made Betty Jean’s son get into trouble for something he didn’t do. Even though everyone else cheered, she didn’t.

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We decided to compare Projekt 1065 and the Lions of Little Rock. The books are similar in the way when both characters become friends with people they are supposed to me enemies with. For example, Michael becomes friends with Fritz, a devout Hitler Youth. Marlee makes friends with Liz, a black girl found passing for white. Plus, both have to do something to stop what they think is wrong - Michael becomes a spy; Marlee speaks out against segregation.

Both are willing to suffer terrible consequences to do so. Michael has to sacrifice his friend, Simon, to the Germans, to save the Allies. Marlee has to risk being threatened and lynched to hang out with Liz and join STOP (an anti-segretionist movement). Even though both knew they were risking something, they didn’t give up.

Similar also in the two stories is that they have allies who also speak out. For example, Michael watched Herr Professor Doktor Major Melcher speak out against Hitler by hinting that Hitler wasn’t of the Aryan model, so why should we trust that? He also told the entire boys that he basically disagreed with the idea of culture destroyers and culture founders because the Nazis did exactly what the culture destroyers did! Melcher got jailed for that, but at least he spoke out.

In Lions of Little Rock, Marlee has Liz and the WEC by her side. Some WEC members don’t support integration. But others do, like Miss Winthrop and Mrs. Brewer and Mrs. Terry. They all supported STOP and helped Marlee get enough petitions to summon the board members back and work against CROSS.

Kinda a historical reference, but . . . there’s a war going on, except just not raging on your ground in Lions of Little Rock. The Vietnam War was happening, since the US didn’t like Vietnam’s communist ways, which we see here as reflected in Marlee’s dream of creating a spaceship that could help defeat the Soviets.

There are risky things that Marlee and Michael both have to do. Marlee has to steal dynamite while Michael has to pass for a Nazi and rescue a British pilot.

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I think that Marlee is a rather courageous character - a character who won't let anyone stop her. The reason as to why I believe this would be as to how although JT and Red (JT's brother) caught her still hanging out with Liz, she still continues to hang out with Liz, even though she has a huge chance of getting caught. She doesn't let anyone stop her from visiting Liz, and keeps on hanging out with Liz no matter the risk. This shows how Marlee is a courageous character, and won't let anything stop her from doing what she feels like doing, like how she keeps on visiting Liz even though she has been caught, and nearly caught as well multiple times.

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There are many themes that are identifiable in 'The Lions of Little Rock'. One of these themes would be to not let anything stop you, like how Marlee didn't let anything stop her from seeing Liz. In the book, Liz is taken away from Marlee, and rather than never seeing Liz again, Marlee continued to secretly hang out with Liz, their friendship not getting destroyed, but rather being strengthened. Some, many actually, would assume that this would lead to serious consequences, consequences for doing what you want to do and think is right. Rather, Marlee didn't face many consequences - after getting caught and treated like literal trash by JT and Red, Marlee got over her crush on JT, and actually had the courage to not only speak aloud to many people, but to also stand up to JT. Marlee gaining the ability to do this, all while building her friendship with Liz, I think, shows how you can benefit from not letting anything stop you, like how Marlee didn't let anything stop her and benefitted from her courageous actions.

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My thinking across the book has changed as I read more about this issue, and when I continued to read through this book. At first, I was quite frustrated that Marlee wasn’t doing much in the beginning of the book. However, when Liz was sent away, I was stunned by how determined Marlee was, and how even though she got caught, she continued. She clearly does not support racism, but what I really hate about her behavior, no matter how impressed I may be by her behavior, is how she still does nothing when colored people are treated differently. For example, when JT and Red are kicking the trash around and taunting the colored janitor, Marlee did nothing. She continued to watch without doing anything to stop them. She noticed how much this affected the janitor, as it’s described how she “could see the rage in his eyes”, but still, she did nothing - all she did was notice the details that I think should’ve caused her to take action, but rather, she just noticed these details without really doing anything.

We decided to compare ‘Projekt-1065’ and The Lions of Little Rock. One similarity that I noticed was how they both met friends that made them different from what they really are supposed to be like (my idea you liar Mia!). For example, in ‘Projekt-1065’, Michael is supposed to be against the Nazi, he’s supposed to be the spy without any distractions. However, he meets Fritz, which distracts him from his duty, as he wants to help Fritz - but Fritz is supportive of the Germans. In The Lions of Little Rock, Marlee is supposed to be, well, racist - people believe being against colored people is literally right. Marlee, at first, does nothing about the racism, but when she meets Liz, she starts to be against racism - something that she shouldn’t be doing (I think this is right but the white people think people have to be racist). This also shows how the protagonists in both books meet friends that distract them from doing something and being someone that is believed to be what they should be.

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There are many flags of symbolism in the book "The Lions Of Little Rock", but one piece of symbolism really seems to stand an important symbol troughout the text. The author strategically intertwined the word 'lions' in the title. Maybe that has a significant impact on the plot of the story?

From the begenning, the lions that roar from the zoo near the Marlee, the protagonist's, house. I'm thinking that maybe the lions symbolize Marlee slowly becoming a stronger person of herself, and become louder and louder, instead of being more mute, like she was. Just like the lions, Marlee's making her voice heard, and she isn't going to stop. For example, Marlee actually joined the WEC, an organization fighting for school to reopen in Little Rock, Arkansas. By joining that organization, it shows how Marlee is stepping out from the silence, and is going to make her voice heard, jsut like the lions.

In addition, the lions definitely represent courage --- Marlee has a 'colored' friend named Liz, and after uncountable warnings from her father, Betty Jean, and various others, Marlee and Liz zontinue to meet with each other, ignoring everyone else. In fact, Marlee's been recieving many threatning calls, saying that the next time she stepped out, she'd get run over by a car. Or saying that she was a "nigger lover" (138). Marlee still met with Liz, being and staying courageous, just like the lions.

With that symbolism of lions, I'm starting to think that the author, Kristin Levine, was actually cleverly hinting of the ending of the story. By weaving lions into the title, that must mean that the lions have an overwhelming meaning on how the story will turn out. So, I have a guess --- by the 'lions' of little rock, I can turn that into the 'courageous and loud voices' of little rock. I just switched out the word lions for what I think the lions symbolise. Hence, maybe, with courage tucked deep inside of her, Marlee will be able to find her voice, speak up, and make a change --- even a little one --- in Little Rock, Arkansas. After all, that's what the lions symbolise, right? So maybe, just maybe, Kristin Levine was hinting the ending of the story 'The Lions Of Little Rock' --- Marlee is going to do something big, something she never thought she could do before. She is going to change something, using her voice and speaking up, along with deep, true, and pure courage.

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There are various perspectives in the time period of 1958, where, in Little Rock, people were either for segregation in schools, or integration in schools. However, most of the protagonist's setting, based in 1958 in Little Rock, Arkansas, have people who can all agree on one perspective: racism. But, since this is a story, of course the author, Kristine Levine, decided to add her own twist --- out of the many people in her town, Marlee Nisbett, the protagonist, happens to enjoy the 'colored' people around, and even has one (secretly) as a best friend. With that, Marlee is practically against a whole society of people, which is plain bad with no explanation needed. With her disagreeing with so many people, they could easily rain down on her, because Marlee herself is a shy character mostly. In fact, Marlee has already sqeezed herself into trouble with a certain unknown man who's ready to whip her right out of life. In fact, Marlee narrates, "Little nigger lover," he snapped. "You'd better watch yourself because---" (138). That is just a small snippet of a brief conversation Marlee had with the mysterious person, stalking her down. Hence, that shows that with Marlee having been at a disagreement with others of her race, she's stuck herself in a real ditch. She's already getting threats. So now, the only thing to do is wait and see. Will Marlee continue to be determined, fearful but fearless, and brave, or will she switch to who she used to be --- shy, gullible, and incredibly afraid?

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Black Feather - Liz gives the black feather to Marlee to help her regain her courage and speak up during the presentation. Whenever Marlee feels nervous, she touches the black feather and feels better. The black feather probably symbolizes courage and luck.
Lion - The title says "The Lions of Little Rock." Marlee and Liz are the lions. Marlee may not roar like a lion, but she and Liz are brave and courageous like lions are. Plus, maybe Marlee will someday roar like lions. She's finding her voice, joining the WEC and all. Marlee even tried to convince her Mom to join the WEC.  Also, whenever Marlee goes to the zoo, she meets with Liz at the lion area. That means she has a special attraction to lions. The roaring of the lions lulls her to sleep at night.
Marlee also told Judy about the lions. She said, "the roaring of the lions used to be scary, but now they're not. They actually make me feel safe." It's kind of a metaphor for her talking - it's scary, but she'll feel comfortable with it soon.
Airplane - facing her fear of heights. Marlee didn't want to go on an airplane, but she went on it anyway and found out that she had an iron stomach and loved the sensation. It's like her talking problem.
Drink - Marlee compares all the people she meets to drinks. For example, her sister, Judy, is an  ice-cold Coca-Cola. Marlee also attributes any change to the drinks - when Judy, for example, has a new boyfriend, Marlee describes her as going "flat".
Elephant - Marlee got talking by saying "Quapaw" and making Ruth, an elephant, dance. She liked saying the word "Quapaw" after that - proof she can talk if she practices.
Magic square - Marlee's obessed with magic squares. Part of the reason she still wants to be friends with Liz, even after Liz's colour of skin, is because Liz owes her a magic square book. It helps them both meet in private and continue with Marlee's speaking lessons.

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Inside of the title, Marlee and Liz are described as the "lions". I think that this symbolizes how they are standing up for what's right, and how they are expressing their own voice. The term "lions" shows how courageous they are, and how they won't let things stop them from doing what they think is right. Although they may get disrespected, mistreated, or even harmed for still seeing each other, and doing other things that are not allowed, they still bravely do it. When Marlee and Liz spotted JT and his brother throwing eggs at a house, when JT recognized Liz's voice, they didn't let that stop them - they continued seeing each other. At the beginning of each chapter, a different symbol is shown - and one of these symbols is the lion. With the lion appearing constantly, it's clear that the lion is important to the book.

Another piece of symbolism noticeable in the book would be the symbol of the black feather - the feather that Liz gave Marlee. This feather also appears constantly before chapters, giving even more evidence as to how important this black feather really is. I think that this feather is a symbol of courage, it symbolises and courage, as Liz gave the feather for Marlee to have so Marlee could lose her fear, and be more confident in what she is doing.