"We don't see things as they are. We see them as we are." This quote by Anais Nin expresses an essential point of view for this discussion about the symbolic meaning of inanimate objects, since it is our personality and our memories, which determine our character and meaning. Our feelings towards certain objects are individual, as everyone associates different things in a different manner. Insofar, "we see them as we are", since they can mirror …showed first 75 words of 1269 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1269 total…and Ania and Trofimov are gladly stepping towards their "new life" (p.391). Also the rest of the characters have to start a new life in a new place. When they leave [-] there won't be a soul in this place" (p.397) anymore. Maybe not in this place, that's true, but for sure in another place, since there are in the world "many, many wonderful places" (p.367/368), on which one can "plant a new orchard" (p.385).