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David’s Dad
Dust
The inescapable dust at Camp Mobius symbolizes the similarly inescapable dehumanization and bigotry that the Muslim internees suffer there. Layla describes the dust settling on everyone and everything from the moment people arrive, no matter…
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Mountains
Mountains, and the beauty of the California desert more broadly, represent freedom. From Camp Mobius, it’s possible to see the Sierra Nevada mountains in the distance. Layla thinks often about the mountains and how impossible…
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Barcode Tattoo
The barcode tattoos that the government forces all Muslim internees to get represent the inhumanity of the government, and the dehumanization of American Muslims that the novel portrays. Forcibly tattooing and numbering people, of course…
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Garden
The youth garden at Camp Mobius symbolizes the power of young people to create change. From the first time that Layla and Ayesha visit the corner of the camp slated to become the garden, they…
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