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Symbolism In Broken For You By Stephanie Kallos

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“Sometimes a person can say I’m sorry a thousand times and that glue will never dry.” Broken for You, a novel by Stephanie Kallos, is about being hurt. It is about family. Most of all, it is about healing, and how family can help you. How a person may be broken, but that doesn’t mean that they can’t grow into something amazing and totally different with help. One of the main symbols in Broken for You is the broken porcelain. The broken pottery and glassware represent the broken and wounded characters within the book. Margaret Hughes, an older lady, is one of the main characters. She has had her fair share of trouble in her life. Upon hearing that she has a time limit on her life, she decides to do what she's always been afraid of, starting …show more content…

While breaking the glass and porcelain represent getting rid of their problems, the broken pieces are like the broken characters. Each one has been hurt, broken. Margaret, is broken by her childhood, and her son dying. Wanda, by her mother and father, and her past relationships. Each character that comes into the house, and becomes a part of the family, has their own broken past. They all want to become a better version of themselves. Over time, they heal with the help of those around them. This is like how Wanda uses the broken pieces to create something beautiful. The pieces work together just like the characters, to become a better version of what they were. It began as a way for Wanda to heal after her car wreck, Margaret gave her permission to “break it all.” Then Wanda made it something more, she would learn the story of each piece, break it, and categorize the pieces based on shapes and colors. Soon, the first piece was born. It was a mixture of so many pieces, which together made a new artwork, a mosaic. The pieces were even more beautiful together. The finished work, along with the broken pieces, symbolize not only the hurt and brokenness of the characters, but the way they are healed: with each other. Talking about the hurt, the problems, as the author phrases it, “We can only shatter it and send it whirling into the world

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