"The Latin name was Leptospermum (Myrtaceae) rubinette. It was a plant about four inches high with small, heather like foliage and a white flower with five petals about one inch across." (Pg. 3)
Leptospermum Rubinette; also known as Desert Snow; is a rare plant found in Australia and it holds a prominent position in the book. Though it has no practical purposes it is sacred to the aboriginal people around Ayers Rock.
The flower itself can be connected to the idea of psycho-analysis, specifically the idea of displacement. To put it simply, displacement is when someone precieves a common symbol as being a representation of a person, event or really anything. In this case, L. Rubinette can be considered a representation of the inevitability of fate. For every year, with out fail, the three recipients received flowers and no matter how hard they tried they could never find the reason behind this.
With this focus in the prologue of the story, we can assume that this flower is significant in some way but in what way will it be important? Tell us what you think!
The flower itself can be connected to the idea of psycho-analysis, specifically the idea of displacement. To put it simply, displacement is when someone precieves a common symbol as being a representation of a person, event or really anything. In this case, L. Rubinette can be considered a representation of the inevitability of fate. For every year, with out fail, the three recipients received flowers and no matter how hard they tried they could never find the reason behind this.
With this focus in the prologue of the story, we can assume that this flower is significant in some way but in what way will it be important? Tell us what you think!