The Lost Salt Gift of Blood

by

Alistair MacLeod

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The Lost Salt Gift of Blood Symbols

Fog

Throughout “The Lost Salt Gift of Blood,” MacLeod uses fog to symbolize the difficulty of genuine connection and understanding between people and the ways in which the reality of one’s circumstances can be obscured. While…

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Gulls

MacLeod depicts the seagulls living in the harbor of the village as a symbol of the complex types of alienation that characterize the lives of the narrator, John, and Jennifer. At the…

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