Alice Walker uses an implied metaphor to compare a woman's struggle to the act of a bird trying to break free from a cage. This imagery illustrates the desire for freedom and self-expression, highlighting the constraints that societal expectations and personal circumstances impose on women. Just as the bird yearns to soar, women strive to overcome obstacles and assert their identities. This comparison emphasizes the resilience and strength required to navigate their struggles.
impiled
It is impiled in book 8 that they are still alive, but that hypothesis is disproved in book 10, where the siblings fail to find a parent in the Mortmain Mountains. In book 9, the siblings try to preapare an escape vehicle to go to the Mortmain Mountains, but get stopped once again by Count Olaf.