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Birds
The birds that flit around the garden in the interludes between the chapters describing the characters’ lives represent the phases of human life. As the light of dawn strikes the garden, the birds start to…
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Light and Dark
The main plot of The Waves follows the lives of its six protagonists from early childhood to death, and the interludes that punctuate that story track of the sun as it moves across the sky…
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Waves
The waves in The Waves stand for the cyclical nature of life. In this way, they’re like the birds. But while the birds track the phases of a human life, the waves suggest something…
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