| The humanist notion symbolizes for me our basic human needs and personal achievements. |
| Actually, it's a cross between a soaring bird and a fountain pen, which I guess symbolizes how writers create things that take flight. |
| The quilt symbolizes the need to preserve the country's folk art, which is in danger of dying out. |
| The colour white symbolizes a lot of things, and one is that it represents purity and innocence. |
| The cross counterchanging symbolizes the cross-cultural influence of both races upon each other. |
| But, thanks to Heaney's artistic taxidermy, the story and all it symbolizes will endure well into the new millennium. |
