As I Lay Dying - Symbols Flashcards

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fish

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symbolizes addie’s identity

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cows

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symbolizes dewey dell as an animalistic matriarch

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horse

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symbolizes jewel’s love for addie and ability to break away from his family

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coffin

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ultimate act of burying the coffin requires them to take risks and burden themselves with delivering it to jefferson. the burn then requires the family to become burdens themselves to people around them

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tools

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represent need for survival

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answers

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  • defined by the reader
  • as a means to emphasize
  • it symbolizes isolation, death
  • control
  • play the “association” game
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