What Is The Meaning Of Cathoebe's Death?

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In the February of 1965, Norah has already moved to her new house and left the old house behind. This would be a logical symbol for letting go of the past and having a fresh start. However, this wasn’t the case here, Norah continues to reflect upon her past, such as driving through the narrow roads to her old house late at night (83). Now I wonder why is she always going back to what has happened in the past. Like why does it mean so much to her? Could it be because nothing happy had occurred to her over the past year and those were the only happy moments she can hold onto? Could it be because she wants to look for evidence about Phoebe’s death? Maybe she is beginning to lose trust for David if that is the case. The only thing that I could

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