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Slates

These are tablets where tallies are made of how much the children owe and how much they earn. They symbolize despair because the debt is never paid off.

Chains

These are how the children are secured to their looms. They symbolize the children’s bondage and lack of freedom.

City Sounds

These are noises the children can hear in the night. They symbolize the world the children do not know.

Kites

These are something that Iqbal, Fatima, and Maria fly when they are freed. They represent dreams and freedom.

Bus

This is a mode of transportation that Iqbal uses when he escapes. It symbolizes the smallness of the children’s world compared to what the world is actually like.

Reading

This is what Maria teaches the other children. It symbolizes freedom and autonomy.

Lice

These are what the children are infested with when they are freed. They...

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