Salvage the Bones

by

Jesmyn Ward

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Medea, China, and Hurricane Katrina

Throughout the novel, there are three distinct but functionally similar symbols that reflect one of the novel’s major themes: motherhood and violence. Skeetah’s fighting dog China, the Greek mythological figure Medea, and the catastrophic…

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