what is The Gun

The gun is hotly debated for most of the novel. Those who knew T the best eventually made the case for the fact that he never had the gun. On a deeper level, however, the gun represents violence and a desire to be plugged into a way of life that takes not value life, views the world as a hostile place, and is a dark symbol for a never ending life of broken dreams. The fact that neither Ty nor T own a gun, nor want one, indicates that they were two of the boys that might have had a chance to make it out of Underhill.