Symbolism Of Crow Lake By Kate Morrison

In a farming community with people living monotonously doing farmworks. Kate Morrison, the protagonist, portrayed a compelling story named Crow Lake. The Morrison family had four kids and was part of the farming community in Crow Lake. The parents died in a car crash and Luke, the eldest took responsibility with Matt together to look after Kate and Bo. They encountered countless problems like money shortage, who should sacrifice their education, or who should look after the younger sisters. Kate told the story through two perspectives, the current her in university, and the seven-year-old her with her siblings. With the view present intervening with the past, the influence of the death of their parents on them was portrayed. The Morrison family

Lawson concisely used them to help convey the theme of how the past influence the present. The house was in a mess with piles of dirty laundry, unwashed dishes, garbages, and Bo was constantly making troubles like getting her clean clothes dirty immediately after it was put on. Luke joked about the mess in the house and Kate thought “He made it sound like a joke, but the chaos bothered him. I think he saw it as symbolic; the mess the house was in reflected the mess our lives were in.” (Lawson, 129). It was symbolic because the mess of the house reflected their lives. The mess was the result of the sudden death of their parents. They were left with no financial support and instructions on how they should continue living. The pond was a significant motif in the story because it symbolized the close relationship between Kate and Matt. Matt often took her to the pond, and pond watching became a type of therapy. The pond became the place that established the closeness of Kate and Matt’s relationship, but it also established the end of their closeness. Matt decided to sacrifice his education for Marie, and Kate was extremely disappointed to the point that they are not able to have a conversation, and the pond trips ended as Kate mentioned "By the following September the ponds themselves would have been desecrated twice over, as far as I was concerned, and for some years after that I did not visit them at all. And when I did, it was without Matt, and it was not the same. Perhaps that is why our expedition that spring stand out so clearly in my memory. Like the last meal with my parents, they have come to have a special significance" (Lawson, 220). The last pond trip with Matt was compared to the last meal with her parents. They were both the end of a valuable relationship. The end of their relationship affected Kate so much when she grew up that she wouldn't meet Matt for years. After the death of the Morrison parents, Kate was