Earrings
Mare wears mismatched earrings throughout the course of the novel. Even as her life changes dramatically, the earrings anchor her to her past, symbolizing her background growing up in the Stilts with a poor Red…
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Blood
Citizens of the Kingdom of Norta lead drastically different lives, depending on the color of their blood. Blood thus represents not only life and death but also social stratification. Those with silver blood have special…
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