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Lucynell Crater
The Car
The broken-down car symbolizes the choice Shiftlet must make between redemption and sin. From the beginning, the car fascinates Shiftlet: he immediately notices the make and model, and as he talks to Mrs. Crater…
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The Rain
At the end of the story, after Shiftlet abandons Lucynell, a huge rainstorm gathers in the sky. The cleansing rain symbolizes God’s grace, and when Shiftlet steps on the gas to outrun the storm…
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