What is an example of symbolism in the novel, All This Could Be Different?

The antique clock that Sneha purchases for her apartment (and that immediately breaks) functions as a symbol of the mechanization of time in the capitalist landscape that Sneha struggles to navigate throughout her time in Milwaukee. At the beginning of the novel, the clock haunts Sneha as a symbol of the ways in which things have gone awry for her since arriving in Milwaukee, and the obvious resonance of a clock with the workplace are emphasized by the text. However, at the novel's conclusion, Sneha avenges her relationship with Amy by throwing a replica of this same clock through Amy's window, a gesture that both amounts to an abandonment of mechanized time on Sneha's part and a strike against the ruling class that has forced such a burden on her in the first place.