Ruby
Significance of Vomit
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Vomiting occurs twice in the novel between Ephram and Ruby. Their vomiting is symbolic of an internal emotional cleansing and a physical manifestation of the disgorging of the past, in conjunction with the rain which washes them clean of sin and the past.