Dragonflies

Dragonflies play a prominent role in the narrative. King, obviously, believes that his late brother Khalid has been reincarnated as a dragonfly. Thus, on the surface, it would seem that each and every dragonfly flitting about in the bayou represents Khalid on a literal level. However, on the symbolic level, dragonflies represent loss. They fly quickly, hovering and then disappearing altogether, similarly to the way in which entire human lives are lived for a brief period of time before being cut short by death in many different forms. Dragonflies, in their beauty and their flightiness, are like human lives which flourish in grace and are extinguished just as quickly.

Comic Book

The comic book created by King, Jasmine, and Sandy when they were still all close friends represents the beauty in collaboration and friendship. When King says to Sandy that the comic book was horrible and...