Bookstore

The bookstore symbolizes Pearl and the many lives she leads. Pearl grows up around books. Just as Pearl brings part of herself to every book she reads, Pearl includes part of herself in each of the identities she assumes in her cons. Pearl is able to build her own stories and bring the cons to conclusions like the cons she runs on people.

Beauty

Beauty symbolizes the importance of appearances. When Selena meets Martha on the train, Selena is struck by how beautiful she is and the amount of time and effort Selena knows Martha must have taken to look the way she does. This beauty is part of Martha’s performance in the con, which Selena understands by how she puts forth the most attractive parts of her family on social media.

Camera

The camera symbolizes how people are viewed and that one never knows...