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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Anyone want to talk about symbolism? I took the frequent fan shots to symbolize things that offer comfort but are dangerous if you get too close- like Adora.

Was Camille’s choice of a Volvo a craving for safety?

Camille’s hair was short at the time of her sister’s death, probably as rebellion and/or protection against her mother’s attention. Why did she grow it long after that?[/quote]

I was trying to interpret the meaning of the fans, too. I like your theory about comfort and danger. My thought was the fans represent endless cycles, especially regarding abuse, neglect, self-medication, etc. Also Wind Gap’s insistence on reliving the “glory days” of the confederacy, modern day race relations in the city, people’s permanent “roles” in life. [/quote]

Are fans a motif in the book as well?  I liked their use as a visual mechanism to segue into each flashback sequence that happened when Camille was high.  It seemed that Camille had PTSD, and seeing the familiar fans while in an altered state triggered her repressed memories (that we now know also happened while she was drugged by Adora as a child).  I think the fans represent Camille's altered states, the altered reality of her toxic childhood, and the altered lens through which she views both past and present, on a subconscious level.[/quote]

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