0Some suggestions in bold:02br 02br 00The short story called “01u 00Anointed With Oils,02u 00” by Alden Nowland is heavily influenced by symbols that create an illusion of 01b 00the02b 00 protagonist’s ideal world, which is overshadowed by 01b 00his02b 00 incapability of escaping 01b 00the 02b 00past. 01b 00A reader02b 00 might be asking how far the imagined world01b 00 is02b 00 from reality. The answer lies in the key fact that Edith is blinding herself with objects that represent 01b 00purity02b 00 and 01b 00goodness02b 00, but misses the moral code of conduct that is a pass to the ideal world she strives to get into.
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