Alligator
Alligators show up a lot in this story—they're even in the title of the book—which lets us know right away that, just like the swamps they live in, there's more than initially meets the eye goi...
The Bayou and Swamp
Have you read the discussion about alligators as symbols yet? If you haven't, click on over to read that first. We promise it will be helpful in deciphering this symbol, and we're totally down to w...
Running
We're gonna let Patricia kick this symbol off since she's so smart. At one point in the book she says to Calo:"Every human being got his race to run." (14.129)Calo is—of course—totally confused...