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home where everyone seemed the same and there was a feeling of despair. Paul, who was a young man, felt that his father, teachers and classmates misunderstood him and therefore were unworthy of his company. In the story there are many symbolic elements. Flowers, for instance, symbolize Paul's personality and life. The parallel between the boy and the flowers is made by the author many times throughout the short story. In the beginning of the …

…in the snow, where he covered it up. Then he dozed a while, from his weak condition, seeming insensible to the cold. (69) Even with his dying thoughts, Paul is concerned about the things he will never get to do because he will never be a part of a high class society. Paul regretted his own personal rebellion. Just as his beautiful, perfect flowers had shone with radiance and basked in their glory of being b