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Camp Emerson

This is a place where children of wealthy families spend their summers. It symbolizes social hierarchy and privilege.

The Woods

These are a large group of plants outside the camp and Self-Reliance. They symbolize the unknown.

Clothing

This is what Barbara wears, which is very different from what other girls in her social class wear. It symbolizes rebellion.

Pills

These are what Alice is given to make it through her days after Bear dies. They symbolize her struggles to cope.

Bear Carving

This is a piece of wood found after Bear disappears. It symbolizes how Carl, Vic, and T.J. see Bear as an individual.

Harmonizing

This is how Tracy and Lowell sing together in unity. It symbolizes how most of the main characters do not possess the ability to work together or complement one another.

Black Flies

These are nasty insects that bite. They symbolize...

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