The Child by Tiger
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All Themes Violence, Darkness, and Growing Up Evil and Innocence Racism and Violence
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All Characters Narrator Dick Prosser Randy Shepperton Nebraska Crane Mr. Shepperton Pansy Harris
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The Child by Tiger

by Thomas Wolfe
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Introduction Intro
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Themes
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  • Violence, Darkness, and Growing Up Theme Icon
    Violence, Darkness, and Growing Up
  • Evil and Innocence  Theme Icon
    Evil and Innocence
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    Racism and Violence
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  • Narrator
  • Dick Prosser
  • Randy Shepperton
  • Nebraska Crane
  • Mr. Shepperton
  • Pansy Harris
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  • Guns Symbol Icon
    Guns
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Guns

Guns symbolize the capacity for violence and, in particular, the narrator’s changing view of Dick Prosser’s violent potential. At first, the gun symbolizes what the narrator and his friends respect about Dick Prosser…

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