... be solitary upon one identity, yet being able to withstand hardships through her life and creating beauty out of these. Yet she is "uprooted so many times she can connect with nothing" portraying that the nature which she links with freedom cannot be achieved, and the force that dislocates her does not allow for her to attach to a sense ... of belonging. Creating controversy, glass reveals its characteristics of clarity and reality, yet within that an indistinctness of her self is viewed to further promote her questioning of identity. Alexander's protection is provided ... "odd shards ...

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