The Art of Drowning

"As if panic, or the act of submergence, / could startle time into such compression, / crushing decades in the vice of your desperate, final seconds" (Collins).
       Collins describes the moment before death when one's life flashes before their eyes. He first discusses the idea that one's life is condensed greatly in the moment before an individual dies. He then discusses that "any form [would] be better than this sudden flash." He does not think the flash gives an individual's life enough recognition because it is so short without enough meaning. Collins then has the realization that the sudden flash of life may not even exist. He recognizes that "the tide will take you, or the lake will accept it all." Collins believes that when an individual's time of death arrives, the "tide" or the "lake will not care about the life the individual had lived.

Winter's Bone Theme

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The theme of family loyalty is very prominent throughout Winter's Bone. The lover's knot represents the ties that force Ree to remain faithful to her brothers and mother. The fact that the ring is a circle depicts the thought that Ree cannot escape her situation. Ree will forever be bound to her family.