Frames
In “A Memory,” frames symbolize the narrator’s limited perception and how it interferes with her experience of reality. Influenced by what she’s learned in her painting class, the narrator habitually makes rectangular frames with…
read analysis of Frames
The White Pavilion
The white pavilion represents the pristine, idealized conception of the world that the narrator is forced to leave behind as she realizes that life is often messy and unappealing. Throughout “A Memory,” the narrator must…
read analysis of The White Pavilion
