Boyfriends

In "Los Angeles," the narrator's 100 ex-boyfriends are symbolic of the past. Although the narrator is living in her house with her husband and two children, she also has a wing strictly for her 100 exes. Whenever her husband is working, the narrator spends time with the exes. These scenes are symbolic of the narrator's mental shifts into the past, and her inability to let go of the relationships she had prior to her marriage.

Orange

In "Oranges," the orange Adam buys and loses is symbolic of carelessness. After spending $3 on the single piece of fruit, Adam makes little effort to retrieve it after it rolls away from him in the café. This episode helps the narrator understand Adam's general approach to life, and the ways in which he treats the people around him with as much disregard as the orange.

G

In "G," the fictional drug G...