Birds

Throughout the book "The Girl Who Fell From The Sky," birds and bird references were used. Brick was the main character for the bird references. Durrow used birds in the beginning of the story all the way to the end. In the beginning, Durrow referenced to Brick bird watching, and went to identify the birds and they were people. At the end of the book, Brick once again describes Rachel as a bird. Only this time she was a beautiful bird, a swan.

I think Durrow is trying to get a symbolism point across. I think she wanted to show that birds are free creatures. Mor wanted herself and her children to be free, and when they jumped she thought she was getting free of all the problems. She left a problem, but from the problem she left, Rachel made a valid point in life and realized why she was on Earth and why she survived that fall. Durrow uses birds as a symbol. (Nicole Butzke, Post 7)