The Astronaut
The astronaut, a tiny figure that Maddy hides in every architectural model she creates, is a symbol for Maddy herself, and specifically how limited her interactions with the rest of the world are at the…
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The Ocean
As Maddy begins to experience more curiosity about the world outside her sanitized home, the ocean functions as a representation of life outside in the real world. For Maddy, asking Olly about what it’s like…
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The Color White
White symbolizes the pure, sanitized, and controlled environment in which Maddy lives at the beginning of the novel, as well as her lack of individuality. Everything in her home is white, from the walls and…
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Colors (Pink, Yellow, Orange)
While white symbolizes purity and cleanliness, other colors symbolize Maddy’s growing curiosity about the world and her budding individual identity. This begins when, after her first meeting with Olly, she decides that she…
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