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Sometimes what seems to be central is really peripheral, and a throwaway plot point turns out to be the story's symbolic heart.
But it just might happen--we're not promising , you understand--that some winners of these contests get a token of trivial value as a purely symbolic gesture of thanks for their participation in a contest with no prize.
(For rush to judgment, click .) And while she is literally correct that flags were waved and technically accurate that torches were not brandished, isn't there a deeper brandishing, a rich symbolic brandishing?
The King pays his respects to the deities including Ra and Kephri as he makes his symbolic journey.
The role of the president is a symbolic one, and the symbol has to be a role model, not a symbol that engenders opprobrium."