The Rabbit Hutch

The Rabbit Hutch apartment building symbolizes interconnection. The author uses this setting in order to link many of the disparate characters' lives one with another. The Rabbit Hutch conveys the ways in which separate lives and experiences are always overlapping, intersecting, and impacting each other. This common space unifies and ties the characters together, even when they are not aware of it.

The Valley

The Valley is symbolic of hope. Throughout the novel, Blandine spends time in the Valley park whenever she is feeling restless or lonely. The Valley is one of the last seemingly untouched places in Vacca Vale, and thus represents the life the city once had and still could have.

James's House

James's house is symbolic of power. When Tiffany first visits the house, she starts to second guess her impressions of James and what he expects from their relationship. The...