So, last weekend I spent some quality time with Rand's "We The Living" page 149-Part II. In the midst of this time spent, as Aunt Marussia was dying, it hit me that she was Russia personified. Ma russia...Ma Russia/Mother Russia/Russia the Motherland. I was appalled that it had taken me so long to figure this out as I am usually all over such things. I guess my literary honing talents are a little rusty. Anyways, Aunt Marussia starts off all pretty, beautiful and positive. Or at least forces positivity. Her death is symbolic of the death of Russia under communism and socialism and the unions.
So, the question I post this week is....what other personifications can you think of from novels? Do you have any favorites? What is the idea or meaning behind said personification(s)?
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