Significance of The Roses

When Mark, Jimmy, Ben, and Father Callahan prepare to hunt down the vampires, they go to a flower store, the Northern Belle Flower Shop, searching for roses to use to repel the vampires. When they get there, the person who works there tells them that a man who matches Straker's description has already bought all of the roses. Mark, Jimmy, Ben, and Father Callahan know that Straker did this to keep them from having the roses as a defensive weapon. Straker and Barlow have obviously anticipated that people would want to use the roses to ward off vampires. The lack of the roses symbolizes Barlow's cunning and his ability to stay one step ahead of his enemies.