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Buddy Lee's Knife

This object has great sentimental value to a main character, having belonged to the character's father. This object becomes pivotal in the book's climactic moments.

Ike's Tattoos

These items signal to the world that a main character was once deeply involved in a prison gang known for violence.

Ike's Landscaping Business

This entity is symbolic of how far a main character has come since being incarcerated and then released.

The Barbershop

This place was once an area of refuge for a main character, but, after losing his son, this character becomes repulsed at the homophobic and misogynistic banter there.

Isaiah's and Derek's Headstone

This object becomes the catalyst for Ike's involvement in his and Buddy Lee's vendetta against their son's killers, but Ike later finds out that Buddy Lee is behind its defacement.

Arianna

This young character represents a second chance for two main characters...

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