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Peter

This person symbolizes love and stability for the speaker for a time throughout the collection, before the relationship begins to deteriorate.

Old Glory

This alternative name for an American flag symbolizes the toxicity and extreme masculinity of other alternative phrases and names for different aspects of American culture.

The Bull

This animal symbolizes possibility and an element of change.

Sara

This character embodies insight, and the frankness and innocence of childhood.

The Nail Salon

This place, where the speaker's mother works, represents hard work and struggle.

The Car Accident

This traumatic event that the speaker experiences with his father represents both the separation and the perverse sense of connection the speaker feels with his father in the unlikeliest of circumstances.

Chemotherapy

This treatment leaves the speaker's mother very frail towards the end of her life, symbolizing both a potential cure and suffering.

Snow

This natural element symbolizes...

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