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White Oleander: A Metaphor For Ingrid
White Oleander, a flower, a hearty-but-poisonous flower whose beauty makes it appear deceptively fragile. This flower, can stand has a metaphor for Ingrid. Ingrid is strong, beautiful, and self-possessed, but she acts as a poison to everyone around her, especially her impressionable daughter, Astrid, who idolizes her mother. An universal theme in this story is the that of a child trying to escape from the pernicious influence of a misguided parent. It continues to develop into a story over dominance, between mother and daughter. Ingrid, in jealously kills her lover with white oleanders. Then is sentenced to a maximum security prison, thirty years to life. Astrid is then forced to be put in foster care. As she moves from place to place,
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