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Interpret a single story through its symbols. For this assignment, you may use Rubyfruit Jungle, Invisible Cities, Coming, Aphrodite!, or both "A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings" and "The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World." Please only use one story!

1. Discover and explicate a system of symbols
2. Interpret those symbols
3. Your overall interpretation

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1. First, as you discover and explicate a system of symbols in this complex, magical realism piece, I think that you might discuss how the old man represents not just an angel but the people's faith in organized religion and also the citizens' obsession with making money through anything or anyone who is different, ...

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