Bass begins his short story with a detailed account of snowshoe hares and their vulnerability during spring as a result of their soon-to-be-brown white fur. The rabbits, though naturally nervous little creatures, would "move down out of the snow, [ despite being seen] coming a mile away [ ] as white and pure as Persian cats, hopping over brown logs [ and] trails of black earth," to eat your berries (189). ... Joe makes a direct connection between the restrained lovers and the rabbits when he mentions that they were "pale from the long sunless winter, but were beginning to grow brown" from t...

• Word Count: 1193
• Approx Pages: 5
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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. ...

• Word Count: 886
• Approx Pages: 4
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate