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Shoes
Shoes are a symbol of hope and financial progress, but also of the impossibility of success. When Lila’s parents, Fernando and Nunzia Cerullo, are unable to pay for her to continue her education…
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Language, Literature, and Writing
Language, literature, and writing symbolize the complex connection that Lila and Lenù share throughout their friendship. From the time Lila and Lenù are young children, their relationship revolves around language. At first, the two barely…
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Fireworks
Fireworks symbolize fraught the fraught class divisions between ordinary and powerful families in the novel. Each year, the residents of Lila and Lenù’s neighborhood put on grand fireworks displays for New Year’s Eve. The…
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