Cannot find symbol please help me

iam trying to make a break out game and right now iam trying to set up the bricks i have two images iam using this is my code
bricks = new ArrayList();
for(int r = 0; r < 4; r++) {
for (int c = 0; c < 8; c++){
Bricks newBrick;
if((r + c)% 2 == 0)
newBrick = new Bricks(10 + 75 * c, 100 + 25 * r, brickImage1);
else
newBrick = new Bricks(10 + 75 * c, 100 + 25 * r, brickImage2);
                    bricks.add(newBrick);
}

judging by the conceptual understanding you now have of OOP ie: in the way you create your new class instances, I'd say you're being over-ambitious if you think you're going to be able to write a game like this.
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