The snow blankets represent a fresh path; Fiona is able to explore and make new trails while Grant is only trying to keep up with her by following them. ... The snow represents the emptiness that Grant experiences when Fiona is away, leading him to feel the attachment to his wife that he knows will hurt him a lot if he lets go. ... When she stops next to her ski equipment, she looks out onto the land – a big empty area covered with snow – and says "Everything Everything just reminds me of him, it wasn't enough I suppose." (79:42) The big empty snow blankets represent...

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In popular beliefs, a red carnation, when worn on Mother's Day, honors your live mother, while a deceased mother is remembered with a white carnation. Throughout the story, Paul wears a red carnation to symbolize that his mom his alive in his minds and in his heart, but at the end, he buries that flower under a white blanket of snow, finally making peace with her death. ...

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