What is an example of symbolism in the book, The Women: A Novel?

The Civil Rights posters Barb hangs in her hooch symbolize two different concepts. First, they symbolize the way in which what happens in the United States affects the soldiers and medical personnel in Vietnam. Just because she is away from the Civil Rights fight in America does not mean she does not support it. Second, the posters symbolize the ways in which the medical personnel attempt to make their hooches in Vietnam as personal as possible. These are highly unpleasant places to live, but they try to bring a little bit of themselves to the place where they live, demonstrating the need for people to cultivate and personalize their surroundings even in the worst of situations.