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Symbolism In The Giver

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In the elephant memory, Lois Lowry of the novel, The Giver, uses symbolism to convey the message that death affects anyone. For example, as Jonas “[Got] closer, he watched them hack the tusks form a motionless elephant on the ground” (126). This demonstrates that, the people killed the elephant only for his tusks. Not only they killed the elephant for the tusk, they also hurt the other elephants feelings. As a matter of fact the elephant in this book symbolizes that death can affect anyone. As a result in the elephant death, it cause emotional pain the the other elephant. At the same time it affects the hunter in a good way as he gets paid off over the tusk. For instance, “With its sinuous trunk it stroked the huge corpse” (126). This proves
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