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The Protagonist’s Girlfriend
The Letters
John’s letters to Mary symbolize her loss of vulnerability due to grief. While the letters contain evidence of Mary’s past vulnerability with John, who was her lover before and during World War I, they…
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Miss Havisham
Miss Havisham, a character from Charles Dickens’s Great Expectations, represents Aunt Mary’s inability to move on from her past. When reading to her nephew, the young protagonist, Mary often chooses to read…
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The Fire
The fire at the end of the story represents both Mary and the protagonist’s final ability to move on from their grief. By burning John’s letters after Mary dies so that the protagonist…
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