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Symbolism In The Other Side

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In the book The Other Side, a young girl named Clover is the storyteller. The story has an overall tone of curiosity and childlike feelings. The story is based upon the segregation and discrimination people faced in the 1800’s and the 1900’s. The story explains how even though segregation had a tremendous impact on people thoughts and feelings towards another race, two young girls came together and broke the barriers of segregation. The two girls did not see color, they did not judge or mistreat one another based upon the color of their skin. The story uses symbolism throughout the book, one example is when Clover indicated the following, “That summer the fence that stretched through our town seemed bigger. We lived in a yellow house on one

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