(PG 32) From now on until death she was going to have flower dust and springtime sprinkled over everything. A bee for her bloom.
Springtime often represents youth, happiness and love. This tells us that her being with Joe is going to fill her life with happiness and love and it kind of foreshadows that this relationship is actually going to be more filled with lust, instead of the love she has been searching for. A bee for her bloom meaning she is a flower that is finally blooming (into a woman) and he is going to be her “bee” and is going to help her grow into a new person.
Good.
ReplyDeleteFlowers are also important symbols in this book.