LitCharts assigns a color and icon to each theme in The 7 Stages of Grieving, which you can use to track the themes throughout the work.
Colonialism and Oppression
Memory and Family Trauma
Feeling vs. Numbness
Aboriginal Identity, Pride, and Resilience
Summary
Analysis
The Woman hammers two pieces of wood together into a cross, drags it over to the grave, and sticks it into the red earth. The cross has the words “FOR SALE” written on it. The Woman turns to the audience and asks plainly, “What is it worth?”
This symbolic scene suggests that white, Christian, colonialist society has no regard for the actual worth of Aboriginal lands, Aboriginal experiences, or Aboriginal peoples.