Previous
Rachel
The Wileys’ House
In The Dream House, the Wileys’ farmhouse represents how the past inevitably affects the present; while people’s lives do change, it’s impossible for anyone to have a completely “fresh start.” As the novel begins…
read analysis of The Wileys’ House
Dogs
In The Dream House, dogs symbolize how relations between Black and white South Africans have and haven’t changed after apartheid’s gradual repeal, which began in the early 1990s. Dogs first appear in the novel…
read analysis of Dogs
Cars
Cars represent the relationship between economic inequality and racial inequality in post-apartheid South Africa. Though some Black South Africans have wealth in the twenty-first century, many still lack opportunities for economic advancement. The first car…
read analysis of Cars
