The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

by

V. E. Schwab

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The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue Symbols

Addie’s Wooden Ring

Addie’s wooden ring symbolizes Addie’s deal with Luc and everything the deal has forced her to give up. Running through the woods to escape her wedding to Roger, Addie prays to the gods…

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Art

Art represents the relationship between ideas, memory, and meaning. When Luc grants Addie immortality, it comes at a great cost: she will be impervious to time and decay, but she’s doomed to be immediately forgotten…

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Trees

Trees represent freedom. As a young girl, Addie associates trees with Estele and the free life that Estele lives—and which Addie longs to have for herself. Estele practices an unspecified polytheistic religion that emphasizes the…

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