Traveling Trophy
It’s amazing how something so seemingly insignificant and ordinary can represent something so meaningful in one’s life. I have many such objects, but this one may be the most unique. Maybe it is my vivid memories of the jagged, towering mountains or the crisp Colorado air. Maybe it is the weekend of being carefree and just enjoying life. Maybe it is because it was the only trip I have ever made to Lake City. Yeah, it is all of that, but none of that would matter without it being one of the few but always memorable times that my best friend Adam and I got to spend together. That is why our “traveling trophy” has such sentimental value.
I doubt that the glass paper weight was new when it was “awarded” to Adam and I, and I doubt it was worth much when it was new. It looks like a crystal iceberg with a sailboat etched in the back. Just small enough to fit in the palm of my hand, and be forgotten or lost temporarily when it gets shuffled from place to place in my house, this paperweight seems insignificant and easily forgettable. The stickers on the bottom indicating i...
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...e story the list of things that the items could actually symbolize continues to grow as O'Brien continues to use symbolism to do this. "The list becomes longer in the end and encompasses the hopes, dreams, and fears that each man carried" (Malone, 1).
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“Afterwards, I found out the envelope contained twenty-five guilders, representing Father’s surrender of me to him.” (84)
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