When Tate and Akin are out salvaging, they come across a colorful “mosaic”, described as having “bright bits of glass fitted together to make a red flower against a blue field”. Akin is the one to “scrub it”, but it is Tate who notes its beauty, even as she acknowledges she previously would have seen it as “cheap junk”. There is hardly much art in the world of Butler’s novel, aside from windows on buildings and religious relics. Most of all, this is the only mosaic mentioned in Adulthood Rites. What is the significance of Akin and Tate together uncovering a mosaic, and why is this an item Tate now finds beauty in?
It is the second question, why Tate finds beauty in it, which is particularly interesting considering what a mosaic is. Mosaics
It is the second question, why Tate finds beauty in it, which is particularly interesting considering what a mosaic is. Mosaics