The Key

The key is a symbol of abuse. Even after Lily has divorced Ryle, he continues to abuse her in subtle ways. For instance, he abuses the key that she gave him by using it more and more frequently to be in her apartment when she comes home from work. Lily finally insists that Ryle return her key to her.

The List

The list is a symbol of determination. Lily keeps a list of the ways Ryle abused her in her jewelry box and refers to it each time she thinks she might have made the wrong choice when she divorced Ryle.

The Journals

The journals are symbols of a past connection. Lily wrote about her time with Atlas when they were teens in a series of letters to Ellen DeGeneres, her hero. While Lily was married to Ryle, he found where she had hidden these...