Symbolism: Yes or No?

I'm sure lots of people have heard of the symbolism within books. We are taught to spot symbolism in school. Especially back when we were in Middle School for High school and it was a big thing. This specific if statement means something, can you figure out what I means? Or the specific color means something. What does this mean?

Yet sometimes when a writer is writing something, it just means exactly what it says. Sometimes there is no deeper meaning. Sometimes they don't even think of a deeper meaning get some reader comes up with a deeper meaning that really does not exist. Happened a lot in school. Unfortunately it still happens.

It's like in college when they tell you to look at a painting or read a book. They ask you how it makes you feel because or what it symbolizes. But you're just thinking... "maybe the author didn't exactly have a special meaning, maybe they're just thinking of I do, and maybe uses of color don't actually have emotions attached. What if they just thought that blue looked good?"

Bring it this isn't exactly always the case. Sometimes people do have deeper meanings and want you to connect with them. Sometimes I have trouble connecting with these deeper meanings. Maybe it's just my lack of understanding in such matters is that. Perhaps I'm so rational and straightforward that any such deeper meanings kind of swing past.

Why must every ounce of a story be a symbolic thing? Why does everything have to have a deeper meaning?

Know that in my books that if someone ate something for lunch, it's a meal. Don't read too much into things. If something is orange or red or blue, that's it. It's just a color.

If you're eating a specific food that does not mean anything. For example, if somebody wants to eat oatmeal it does not mean you are depressed or bland. Or if you drink lemonade does not mean you are ultimately feminine or some stuff like that.

I do believe that symbolism can be a vital important portion of the book. So if you want to add some symbolism good for you.

But is it completely necessary to associate something with another thing in the book that's pretty much boring? Like what they're having for food or what color something is?

Not really.

The conflicts themselves can be symbolic and relatable to real life. For example characters may have the same struggles as everybody everyday mixed with a little bit of something crazy.

Sure you can add symbolic objects but only if they're important to the plot line.

Cast the weather can be symbolic. For example the weather can set a tone for the rest of the novel. If it's raining I could set them or darker or depressing mood. If it's sunny be considered a more happy tone. Or it can have an irony involved.

Get when we're just talking about something being some random color or somebody eating something random it's just something that's there.

Loads of people tend to read too much into it. That's what really ruins the enjoyment of a book.

That has been my rant on deeper meanings within novels. And how sometimes there isn't really a deeper meaning. How sometimes it's just up to what authors were thinking at the time. What's relevant.

Put symbolism in your novels?

Or sympathize with this statement?

What are your thoughts on symbolism?

Let me know by commenting.