Flyign_A_Red_Kite_Symbolism

Flyign A Red Kite Symbolism The short story “Flying a Red Kite” by Hugh Hood, the flying of a red kite turns the human spirit into a sacrament; which has no shame. The story begins with signs that things have gone awry. Only trough the natural symbol of the red kite can the protagonist Fred Calvert (who’s surname forms an association with Calvary), be relived of the tried spirit of being human. The problem Fred faces is establishing a connection between a red kite, and God’s love for him. According to Copoloff (1989): “the emblematic red kite symbolizes the joining of heaven and earth, and [Fred is] evaluated according to [his] ability to integrate the two. Loss over faith in the church, Fred is in need of rejuvenation to regain his faith. In this paper, I will argue that Fred lost his faith, and regained it through the simple act of flying a red kite. Fred begin riding home on the bus on a hot sticky Saturday afternoon (In the Bible Saturday is significant as holy Saturday, the day before the resurrection). The ride begins badly as Fred attempts not to lose his parcels, kite, fred, hood, faith, christ, red, priest, fly, church, string, flying, bush, fred’s, deedee, two, raspberry, much, heaven, bus, blood, without, while, symbol, saturday, said, little, life, holy, god, christ’s, children, wooden, weakness