Symbolism+&+Imagery


 * **The Flashlight:** When recalling the night's events, all the witnesses mentioned the blinding flashlight. Its brightness could mess with their sight and consequently their accuracy in recalling the incident, like a deer in the headlights.
 * **Miss Blacklock's Jewelry:** It is stressed that Miss Blacklock does not have nice things except for her necklaces. The reader may wonder if these necklaces be the motive behind wanting to kill her, but it’s later revealed that the necklaces are far more instrumental to Blacklock’s identity: they hide the scars of her surgery. Why use bandaids when you could use necklaces, right?

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