Fabric
As a substance that can outwardly transform people through clothing, fabric symbolizes the internal transformations that various characters undergo throughout the novel. Sergeant Farrat, for example, uses plain fabric, which is usually used to…
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Plants and Herbs
Plants and herbs symbolize the ability for good to triumph over evil. Tilly is characterized as a genuinely good person who’s been misunderstood, mistreated, and ostracized by the community in her hometown of Dungatar. Tilly…
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Football Pitch
The football symbolizes the close-knit community in Dungatar, which Tilly and her mother, Molly, are excluded from. The community—except for Tilly and Molly—are united by their love of football and their support for the…
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