Like a House on Fire

by

Cate Kennedy

Like a House on Fire Symbols

A House on Fire

The story’s title, “Like a House on Fire,” is not only the name for Cate Kennedy’s wider short story collection, but the image—of a house on fire—is also a central symbol throughout this particular story…

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The Christmas Nativity Scene

Feeling useless and humiliated, the narrator attempts to make himself useful by retrieving the Christmas decorations from the attic. However, he falters on the ladder, dropping the box that contains Claire’s childhood nativity set…

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