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Dragon

This object symbolizes Joaquin's uncontrollable angry rages that surface due to his traumatic childhood spent in the foster care system. Joaquin talks about this object in terms of a video game that serves as a metaphor for his life. He wants to conquer this object, but he lacks the tools to do so until he meets his two biological half-sisters and learns what it means to lean on family when pursuing difficult goals.

Family photograph

This object symbolizes Maya's feelings of alienation from her family. Because this object visibly highlights Maya's status as an adopted member of her family and because her parents' marriage is on the verge of collapse, she thinks of this item as an object of her ire. The narrator at one point states that when Maya's parents are arguing loudly, she has fantasies of "torching the house" and spraying "the most gasoline on...

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