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The Fog Horn: The Sea Monster
The one thing that symbolizes the moral of the story is the sea monster. For example, "the Fog Horn and the monster" cried when the tower was going to fall apart. The tower was gone afterward, but it had been around the Lonesome Bay million years. It illustrates the loneliness of the monster when it's not with the tower. In addition to that, the monster is emotional about the things going on around it. For instance, Johnny wanted to make a sound and "call a Fog Horn and whoever hears it will know the sadness of eternity and the briefness of life." When the monster was going straight to the Fog Horn, it shows their relationship between the two and that they have each other's back. McDunn said it's similar to how "someone always waits for someone
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