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Symbols

In the book Saint Iggy there are many symbols that represent different things in the story. One symbol would be the color gray. In Saint Iggythe color gray represents hopelessness, dark, evil, and unacceptable ways. This relates to the story because Iggy used to be a part of that gray world. He always notices that color because now he can distinguish himself from the part of the world that he doesn't want to be a part of. Light is another symbol. Light represents hope, protection and comfortableness. This "light" for Iggy is usually around the city with Mo's mom, which is where he wants to be. Thats where he feels safe and loved. A third symbol would be the drugs that Mo has. The drugs symbolize a end dead. A path of no return. Once someone chooses that path, they most likely won't return. This relates to Iggy because his best friend, Mo, had gotten himself involved with drugs. Iggy tries to help Mo, and change him but Mo resists it. Iggy could have chosen the path that Mo had chosen but he didn't because he knew it was going to lead him no where in life, just like his mother. A fourth symbol would be Mo's mother, who represents love. She represents love because she acts like a mother towards Iggy. This is important to Iggy because his real mother has left him and doesn't care about him like she did when he was younger. Mo's mother treats Iggy like her own son because Mo refuses to receive her love. A fifth symbol would be "the gray girl" Iggy always thinks about. She represents change because Iggy found her at a drug party and when they were younger they promised each other that they would marry each other. He told her that she didn't need to be the way she was and that she could change. Every time Iggy thinks about her, he's going through change himself.