Future Home of the Living God
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All Themes Isolation vs. Interconnectedness with Family Non-Belonging and Forging Individual Identity Growth and Age as Nonlinear
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All Characters Cedar Hawk Songmaker Mary Potts Almost Senior (“Sweetie”) Little Mary Mary Potts the Very Senior Sera Songmaker Alan Songmaker The Nurse
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All Symbols Little Mary’s Messy Room
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Future Home of the Living God

by

Louise Erdrich
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Future Home of the Living God Symbols

Little Mary’s Messy Room

The mess in Little Mary’s room symbolizes the messiness of Cedar’s life, especially in regards to her complicated and strained family relationships. When Cedar is visiting her birth mother’s house for the…

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