Writers use symbolism for lots of different reasons. What do you think is the best reason for a writer to use symbolism?

Symbolism takes something that is usually concrete and associates or affixes it to something else in order to give it a new and more significant meaning.

the sun warms our planet, and with the moon, creates the tides. the moon orbits the earth and in turn, the earth orbits the sun. because they appear to be the same size in the sky, the sun, earth and moon work together to create eclipses. when the moon is directly in between the earth and sun