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The use of nature imagery?

How it corresponds to the characters' moods and situations?

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There are trees. Paul D thinks that trees are "inviting; things you could trust and be near; talk to if you wanted to as he frequently did since way back when he took the midday meal in the fields of Sweet Home" To Paul D, Trees are a second chance at life. Denver finds safety and freedom in bushes, specifically her "five boxwood bushes, planted in a ring." Morrison uses water as a symbol of rebirth, "But there was no stopping water breaking from a breaking womb and there was no stopping now."