The dove and the statue in this story represent two lovers. The dove and statue were supposed to represent the roles they play in their relationship and represent not only what they feel on the outside but on the inside, mostly shown with the statue. Doves represent freedom, peace, love, and hope while statues can be seen as beautiful, cold, rough, and weathered. I liked to picture the statue as a person who can’t or has trouble expressing and communicating their feelings and is trapped in place, unable to help. 

The conversations she has with the statue are short and filled with misunderstandings. When the dove got no response from the statue, she thought the statue didn’t care anymore, but it did. She says she’ll come again the next day, but all the statue could do was listen to her weeping, being trapped in place. In a way I felt that it was a story about a lack of communication and two people with different needs. The dove wanted to reach out and try and work through the issues while the statue felt that it didn’t have the words to express itself.