Rich contrasts Aunt Jennifer’s marriage through the tigers in artwork sewed by Aunt Jennifer. Aunt Jennifer’s troubled marriage is symbolized by her “heavy” wedding band. The wedding band itself does not hold Aunt Jennifer down but the marriage itself does. The tigers are used as symbolism to contrast the freedom and strength that Aunt Jennifer wishes to behold within herself. Aunt Jennifer may look fine on the surface but deep down she holds a sense of remorse for having married her husband and not being as strong as the tigers to leave him when she becomes unhappy with their abusive
Rich contrasts Aunt Jennifer’s marriage through the tigers in artwork sewed by Aunt Jennifer. Aunt Jennifer’s troubled marriage is symbolized by her “heavy” wedding band. The wedding band itself does not hold Aunt Jennifer down but the marriage itself does. The tigers are used as symbolism to contrast the freedom and strength that Aunt Jennifer wishes to behold within herself. Aunt Jennifer may look fine on the surface but deep down she holds a sense of remorse for having married her husband and not being as strong as the tigers to leave him when she becomes unhappy with their abusive