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Poem

This object symbolizes trust. When the unnamed narrator agrees to meet with his student named G. in the section entitled "Mentor," G. slides this object across the table to his teacher. He states that while the unnamed narrator had written many comments on the poem, he had not noticed the glaringly incorrect pronouns used throughout the love poem. With this explanation, G. comes out to the unnamed narrator, demonstrating the degree of trust he has in his literature teacher.

Choke Chain

This object symbolizes the desire to be dominated. When the unnamed narrator engages in a sexual encounter with the man he calls Gospodar in the section of the same name, Gospodar uses this object to restrain the unnamed narrator after making him kneel down on the floor. The unnamed narrator assures the reader that while no consent had been sought before the use of this object...

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