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Elephant

This is an animal named Damodran or Dano. It symbolizes comfort and peace.

Water

This is something that members of Big Ammachi’s family fear or stay away from because it takes lives. It symbolizes interconnection.

Family Tree

This is a genealogy Big Ammachi is given and then she and Mariamma update it. It symbolizes the past.

The Condition

This is an aversion family members have to water and an eccentricity that seems to run in the family. It symbolizes life.

Plavu Tree

This is a large woody plant outside Philipose and Elsie’s bedroom window. It symbolizes sacrifice.

Stone Woman

This is a sculpture Elsie begins to create, but it is damaged by Philipose. It symbolizes entrapment.

Madras

This is where Philipose and Mariamma go to college. It symbolizes the unknown.

Saint Bridget's

This is where Rune and then Digby serve leprosy patients. It symbolizes meaning...

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