The Emigrants

Describe symbolism in The Emigrants: A Novel by Vilhelm Moberg

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In Chapter Nine, the big old chest is pulled out in preparation for the trip..... it is a symbol of the old ways. The chest has been in Karl's family for generations. After all not all that old is bad, as the chest withstood the test of time. They seem to be forever torn between the old and the new.

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