The Sheriff's Children
Describe symbolism in The Sheriff's Children by Charles W. Chesnutt
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The death of the old soldier is seen as a symbol sacrifice..... a sacrifice made by the nation as a whole—we are told that Branson County was robbed of "the flower of its young manhood."
The Sheriff's Children