I’ll Give You the Sun

by

Jandy Nelson

I’ll Give You the Sun Symbols

The Invisible Museum

Noah Sweetwine’s “invisible museum” represents his desire to make sense of the world around him. The “museum” is a mental space inside his mind where he composes paintings and drawings that reflect the world around…

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Grandma Sweetwine’s Bible and Aphorisms

Just as Noah has the invisible museum, Jude Sweetwine, too, has a coping mechanism which allows her to see the world on her own terms: her deceased grandmother’s “bible” of superstition, lore, and wisdom. With…

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Rock-Paper-Scissors

At the start of the novel, as Noah describes his intensely close relationship with his twin sister Jude, he notes that the two of them have such a strong emotional link that they can’t…

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