"With All Flags Flying"

3rd Person Limited Narration: story follows Mr. Carpenter (father) (protagonist)

bulletwe know only what other characters think based on their speech
bulletClara: upon taking Mr. Carpenter to the nursing home, feels sad/mad, and resentful, "I feel as if this were something you were doing to me."
bullet"Oh, Daddy! What are you, a teeny-bopper?"
bulletMr. Pond: upon responding to Mr. Carpenter's first day in the nursing home, "Well, I didn't want to come here. My son put me here."

Symbols:

  1. Brown Suit: bought in 1944, it is a symbol of Mr. Carpenter's youth.
    bulletIt is a relic preserved from the past, connecting him to youth
  2. Brown Paper Bag: used repeatedly, and becomes wrinkled and more worn as the story develops
    bulletsymbolizes Mr. Carpenter and aging
    bulletthe bag was once crisp and new, but through age and use has succumbed to weakness in the end
    bulletit is not entirely unuseful--it has not torn or given way yet
  3. Incomplete

 

Mr. Carpenter: symbolic of all most aging peopl