Describe symbolism in Black Ice by Lorene Cary

Chapter One symbolizes the idea of letting go. Lorene must start to let go of her comfortable, black world. Her parents must start to let go of their daughter and send her into unfamiliar territory in the white world. This foreshadows that when Lorene finally goes off to St. Paul's, there will be many losses in the family unit and black structure of her normal, daily life.