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The Red Tree by Shaun Tan5/29/2023 ![]() ![]() On pages thirteen and fourteen of this short story, the only text used is, “the world is a deaf machine” (Tan 13). Overall, imagery, metaphors, and symbols are used to portray the ideas of depression, conformity, and hope in this short story. Later in her day the weight of the worries the girl carries on her shoulders is depicted through many images and words in disarray. The feelings behind the girl’s struggles are first seen in her bedroom where she pushes to open her bedroom door while there are over a thousand falling leaves gathering in her room. ![]() In the short story “The Red Tree” by Shaun Tan, the progression of a girl’s day along with her fears and worries are displayed in comic form. ![]()
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