You can see into a window or you can look out of a window. What do you think they signify in the book? They might not even symbolize anything, but it is mentioned a lot.
Some quotes
"somebody tossed it out of a window. For meaness." (56)
"I told Minette that her window would be repaired good as new...
What good'll that do, they will only break it again." (18)
Why a window, her book could have be thrown from anything?
Anything else could have broken?
2 comments:
First all, good observation Lynn, I haven’t pick that up but now that you mention it, window does come up many times. A window in this case, is used to torment Minette. Like you mentioned, “you can see into a window or you can look out of a window”.
The way I see it, a window is a separation, it separate and protect what is inside from the outside. It can symbolize the separation of Minette and everyone else in the school. The quote “a window of opportunity” comes up while I was thinking about this. Minette has a window of opportunity to be liked by the students and be friends with Genna, but she didn’t take it, she didn’t open the window. Minette choose to stay inside. The window symbolizes opportunity, and when it broke, it symbolizes how Minette’s opportunity to be friends with everyone is gone.
Also, it can relate to “on the outside looking in” or a person on the outside, reaching in. It can describe Minette, but it also describes Genna. Genna is always on the outside looking in, never really fitting in.
I agree that Windows could be a motif. I believe that widows was chosen because a window can cause damage. It can be broken and repaired easily and broken again. It can also cause harm to people near the window and can hurt people even after it is broken. Also if it is broken the item used to break it could mean something and when it is broken the glass could shatter and harm those around it.
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