... to Robert, who wants his sister to still be alive in some form. If the rabbits were killed, it "would imply that Rowena would truly be dead" and Robert cannot accept this ("Animals and Their Significance" 1). He promised Rowena that he would stay with her forever and that the rabbits would stay forever, too. He wants at least one of these promises ... toad by placing it in a water pail. Soon after this event, Rodwell commits suicide when he is "forced to watch the killing of a cat" (150). Rodwell and Rowena's situations are closely related. While Rowena's rabbits are killed because she ...

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... human beings. When leaving for war, Robert senses all of his childhood in the mist around him, " the mist was filled with rabbits and Rowena and his father and his mother and the whole of his past life---birth and death and childhood. He could breathe them in and breathe them ... , "Water. A smooth, deep sound like a sluiceway. The sound was his undoing. He stepped towards it expectantly. Suddenly his right foot went down."(p.85) Harris tries to persuade Robert that human beings have a close connection with the animals, "Everyone who's born has come from the sea. Your mother's womb is ju...

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