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Significance of dolls?
Gabriela Moraes I believe more in the hypothesis that Lila had the dolls all the time, and not Alfonso. What holds me most is wondering the meaning of why Lila gave t…moreI believe more in the hypothesis that Lila had the dolls all the time, and not Alfonso. What holds me most is wondering the meaning of why Lila gave them to Lenu in the end. We know that Lila wanted to disappear and leave nothing behind, no money, no possessions, as if she had never existed. So why would she wish Lenu always had a physical memory that she existed? Was it:
1- Lenu's forgiveness for having written the story, wanting her to always have a piece of hers and their friendship?;
2- Another way for Lila to punish Lenu, with her existence, wanting her to never forget that she had let her down?
3- Or just to make it clear that Lila had always manipulated Lenu as she wanted, all her life, and that the history of that friendship, which began the way Lila wanted, would also end this way, not Lenu's way, reminding her that even with the power of words, she would not have the power to write a story that she would never know the true ending, almost a curse for a writer.(less)
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The Story of the Lost Child
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