A Shipping Container

This shipping container becomes a symbol of loss, particularly the death of Ali and Aziz’s parents. Although the boys did not see their parents being put into this container during the raid on their village, they later learned they had probably died in this container when Ali found his father’s ring in the corner of the container when the boys took shelter in it one snowy night.

Father’s Ring

The silver and ruby ring that Aziz and Ali’s father wore was a symbol of the male leader in the family. The man who wore the ring was considered the leader. Ali wore the ring after he found it in the shipping container in which it was believed their father was killed. After Ali was injured and was no longer able to be a leader, Aziz wore the ring symbolically taking...