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The Dent in the Narrator's Bumper

This imperfection in the narrator's car symbolizes what the narrator comes to see as the treachery and dishonesty of others.

The Settlement Money

This vast financial windfall ultimately brings about the complete unraveling of the narrator's life.

The Coffee Loyalty Card

The protagonist becomes obsessed with this arbitrary and mundane reward system, fixating on it even in the last moments of crisis in the novel.

Stocks/Investments

These entities highlight the narrator's lack of practical knowledge and his stubbornness.

Narrator's Accident

This event sets the entire novel in motion, and takes place before the novel begins. This even represents the randomness and unpredictability of daily life.

The Carrot

This object, which the narrator's physical therapist uses repeatedly to help him get his ranges of motion back, represents frustration and lack of control for the narrator.

Reenactment Sequences

These performances represent the narrator's...

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