Going Bovine Symbolism, Imagery, Allegory

The Feather

Hope you're not allergic, because feathers all over this book. Despite floating across the pages, though, and showing up in several different contexts, in each situation feathers invariably stand f...

Snow Globes

For a story that isn't about Christmas, elves, or Tim Allen's inexplicable weight gain, this book has a lot of snow globe references. It's a metaphor that Libba Bray utilizes in order to describe p...

Fire Giants

If you're the smart cookie that we think you are, you might have noticed that every time the fire giants make an appearance, Cameron promptly experiences an attack from his illness. They become Cam...

Roadrunner Cartoon

Cameron, like many kids of his generation, grew up watching the roadrunner cartoons. He still enjoys watching them occasionally, particularly when he's stoned and can enjoy the subtle humor (yeah,...

Small World Ride

According to Cameron, his family's vacation to Disney World when he was five years old was the last time they were all truly happy. Although there are a bunch of reasons why it may feel like everyt...

Mrs. Morae and her House by the Sea

Throughout the story, Cameron has several different versions of how he pictures the afterlife. One particular set of images, however, represents heaven from someone else's perspective. While he's s...

The E-ticket

When Cam accepts his mission to save the universe from destruction, he is given an E-ticket to Disneyworld with magical powers. And when we say magical powers, we don't mean he gets to cut to the f...