Miss Lonelyhearts

by

Nathanael West

Miss Lonelyhearts Symbols

Lamb

Traditionally understood as a symbol for Jesus, the lamb in Miss Lonelyhearts’s dream represents the idea that it’s futile to uphold Christian ideals in an immoral, modern world. In his dream, Miss Lonelyhearts goes…

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Letters

Letters come to symbolize the inescapable distance between Miss Lonelyhearts and those who write to him. Although they are bids for sympathy and understanding, the letters that Miss Lonelyhearts receives are, after all, mere approximations…

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