![]() ![]() After Conklin’s death, Crane describes the sun as being “pasted in the sky like a wafer”, and as wafers are symbolic of the flesh of Christ in many Christian rituals, it can be seen that this the “red sun” in the sky symbolizes Conklin’s passage from this world to the next (80). Much like the death that Jesus Christ died, Conklin accepts his death, and he believes that by dying he is meeting his destiny. Jim, when dying, is described as “waiting with patience for something he had come to meet” (79). Aside from the fact that both Jim Conklin and Jesus Christ share the same initials, Conklin also bears other resemblances to Christ for other reasons. Throughout the novel, many examples of religious symbolism can be seen.
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