The Girl Who Smiled Beads
What do beads symbolize in the book, The Girl Who Smiled Beads?
The Girl Who Smiled Beads
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The Girl Who Smiled Beads
Throughout the narrative, beads symbolize order. In the prologue, Clemantine describes her story as a string of cut beads, in an attempt to translate her fragmented sense of reality. However, when Clemantine is depicted gathering or restringing the beads, the author illustrates her attempts to arrange and control the disparate fractures of her life.
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