Dunbar
What does the sanatorium represent in the novel, Dunbar?
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Dunbar
The sanatorium Dunbar is forced to stay at is symbolic of his powerlessness and paralysis at the hands of his oldest daughters. It is a place of madness, and numbness, and death, if one does not escape. It is also symbolic of the negative attitude of mainstream society toward the aging.
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