The Wingo homestead is the embodiment of unspoiled nature.
The small South Carolina shrimping town is a figure of the vanishing south along with its historic attitudes.
Henry's shrimp boat is the tangible evidence of Henry's love for his wife.
The albino porpoise symbolizes all the hopes and aspirations of the Colleton people.
The cage represents the captivity felt in one way or another by all of the family.
Grandpa Amos carries the cross every year on Good Friday, and it is a symbol of both Amos' religiosity and the burden he carries in trying to save the souls of his fellow man.
The forbidden forest represents all of the threatening dangers that confront the Wingo children.
Papa John's black widow spiders are comparable to Lila, who is.....
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