Determine a symbol for each of your characters. What tangible item can represent something abstract about them? Explain your reason for your selection.

     The book I am reading is Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick. It is about Nora Grey, a teenager that puts her life at risk after she begins to like the new student Patch, a fallen angel with a dark connection to Nora. But little does she know how much trouble that is going to cause her.
     The symbol I would choose for Patch is a pair of dark angelic like wings. One reason I chose them is because Patch is a fallen angel, so dismantled wings seem appropriate. Another reason I chose them is because in the book, before Nora finds out that he is a fallen angel, Patch is a very dark and mysterious character.  Nora proves this by saying, "'He's tall, dark, and annoying.' And eerily closed off. Patch's eyes were black orbs. Taking in everything and giving away nothing," (Fitzpatrick, 19). By revealing nothing of real importance about himself, this causes suspicion within Nora. The more reserved he is, the more she wants to know. And that is why I chose a pair of dark angelic like wings to be the symbol for Patch.
     The symbol I would choose for Nora is a magnifying glass with a crack in it. I chose this because she is extremely curious and always wants to know everything there is to know about a person. She doesn't fully trust them until she does. But even when she finds something, she thinks of the worst case scenario. When out on a "date" with Patch, he leaves to go grab them some food and she take the opportunity to scrounge around his car for clues, "I unbuckled my seat belt and rummaged through the stack of textbooks near my feet, feeling a mysterious smile creep to my mouth at the thought of uncovering one of Patch's secrets...I popped open the glove compartment and sifted through...my eyes homed in on the rusty liquid that had dried at one end of the flashlight. Blood," (Fitzpatrick, 236-237). Taking advantage of Patch's absence, she decides that if he won't tell her anything, she'll just have to figure it out herself. But when she found something, her mind jumped to the worst conclusion and she immediately confronted him. Nora didn't even take the time to think through all the possible reasons for there being blood, or a blood like substance on the flashlight. That is why she is like a magnifying glass with a crack in it.