Boule de Suif
Describe symbolism in Boule de Suif by Guy de Maupassant
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In Section One, we learn that the National Guard members (reservist soldiers) have already come home and packed away their uniforms and guns. This is a symbol of concession..... defeat.
Boule de Suif