How does the author use symbolism in the novel, Weetzie Bat?

Weetzie's idealism and search for love symbolizes light, contrasting sharply with the darkness found in Vixanne Wigg's hiding from life. Even their appearances and behaviors identify them with traditional visions of evil and goodness.

Weetzie, with her bleach-blonde hair, wants to help people overcome problems and find happiness. Vixanne, a dark-haired woman, prefers to stay in a darkened room, dressed as Jayne Mansfield, a long-dead movie star, and practice voodoo on those who anger her. The use of Jayne Mansfield, Marilyn Monroe, and even the HOLLYWOOD letters that loom over Los Angeles provide cultural reference points for the reader. Block's deft use of literary techniques such as these makes Weetzie Bat a provocative story that readers will surely turn to over and over.