Lowlands House

The Lowlands House is symbolic of mystery. The characters become interested in the house because of the alleged ghost who inhabits it. Their explorations of the ancient structure compel them into encounters with mystery, wonder, and the unknown, and thus expand their understandings of faith and beauty.

Bethesda Chapel

Bethesda Chapel is symbolic of control and suppression. The characters belong to this community because they identify with the Christian faith. However, the Bethesda community also limits their self-expression and self-exploration, as it holds them to seemingly impossible moral standards and codes of conduct.

Maria's Diary

Maria's diary is symbolic of the past. When the characters discover and begin to translate the diary, they gain entrance to Maria's life in the 1800s. The diary is therefore a portal into a former temporal era.

Grace's Ring

The ring that Thomas gives Grace on her eighteenth birthday is...