Winter's Bone
What does the fire Sonny and Harold light to burn their family mementos represent in the novel, Winter’s Bone?
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The fire Sonny and Harold light to burn their family mementos symbolizes change. Ree's insistance that her brothers make the fire and burn Connie and Jessup's old things, shows her desire to create a future independent of their familial past. The fire allows the siblings to distance themselves from their parents' mistakes, and to imagine a life beyond their entrapping parental patterns.
Winter’s Bone, BookRags