Demon Copperhead

by

Barbara Kingsolver

Copperhead Snake

Copperhead snakes symbolize the stereotypes, caricatures, and inaccurate and harmful judgments that outsiders can attribute to given region and its inhabitants. Demon says that a bite from a copperhead, a venomous snake, can cause a…

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Opioid Painkillers

Opioid painkillers symbolize strategies that people use to exploit others, showing how self-interest and greed are often hidden beneath a mask of benevolence to enable people in more powerful positions to take advantage of others…

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The Ocean

The ocean symbolizes the peace and tranquility that Demon hopes to cultivate in his own mind. Perhaps paradoxically, Demon finds that tranquility when he stops envisioning it as a specific destination and starts embracing his…

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