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Hydrophobia (Rabies)
Hydrophobia (an antiquated term for rabies) symbolizes how deeply interconnected people and animals are. When an epidemic of hydrophobia spreads throughout the Texas Hill Country where Travis Coates lives, his neighbor Burn Sanderson tells Travis…
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The Rattlesnake Head
The rattlesnake head symbolizes nature’s unpredictability and danger. Early on in the novel, Travis remembers a day when Papa chopped the head off of a diamondback rattlesnake while baling hay, but the head continued to…
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