Colored Room Symbolize Death

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Do you think you can escape death? I believe when it’s time to go, it time to go. There are three things in the story that symbolized death. The colored rooms, clock, and the stranger. The first example is the colored room’s symbolized death because of the colors. They were also in order from life to death. For example one room was blue. Blue symbolizes birth. Another room was orange. That room symbolized your adult stage of life. Finally there was a black room. That room symbolized death. This is your last final stage of life. The second example is the clock. The clock symbolized death because of its color, location, and the sound. The color was black. When you think of black you think of something dark and evil. The location of the clock

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