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Tomas's Pistol

This weapon symbolizes control for Tomas, who contemplates using it to kill himself once he flees Argentina for Rome after giving the Colonel information he knows will lead to Isabel's and Gustav's death.

Automotores

This place, the site of an interrogation center where many people were tortured and/or killed, represents evil and the lengths to which the junta will go to hang on to its power.

Pinamar

This beach town in Argentina represents innocence and childhood for Tomas.

Styrofoam Cups

These objects represent the depths of Tomas's depression and desperation, because he uses them so he will not have to interact with anyone in his group kitchen.

Chess

This game represents the complexity and uncertainty of Tomas's relationship with The Colonel.

Gardel

This composer symbolizes memory and the past to a main character who becomes a ghost.

Capichuta

This object represents horror and darkness, as...

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