As I said, I would explain the meaning behind everything, so here it is.
Spray: In Time, the church's spray was used to protect what they loved. The gang's spray was to destroy what they loved. Spray played important parts because the best spray created the best damage, which is what everybody wanted. So, naturally when something is so wanted, it is easy to be overprotective about it. So when Justin pulls up to the burning church which Bella is located in, it has black sparks in it. Black is the color of the "gang" (if you will) so he recognizes his own spray. The symbolism is that, his spray was used to destroy. So, the Bulls sprayed in the smoke, saying that they will destroy what he loves; Bella. Also just a heads up, most sprays are created by the gang themselves, but Justin's is made form the government. Since his brother was in the capital, he got the 'goodies' form the capital.
Time (or the clock): obvisoulsy a clock represents TIme. In the story, Justin calls it the Tower of Time. The word tower shows power. If you didn't pick it up, the church in Time (Part 1) the very first church with the clock is the church where Bella and Justin first met. So, the clock has power over him. It has power because it's where he had been found. The swinging of the clock is compared to a heartbeat in many time. This shows that the clock, where he met Bella, gave him life. It just shows that he was connected to the clock.
Paintings in the hallway: The paintings in the first church were of Pope's and Jesus' diciples (idk if i spelled that right), but when he was there to burn the church, he says he does not recognize the men in the pictures. This just shows his insanity, that he doesn't recognize where he was found.
Fire: Fire is used over and over again in the story. Fire is used to destroy things. Justin says that he burns churches/city halls (etc) to deal with pain. Since fire is used to create disorder, he feels that he transfers pain to others, as if getting it out of his body. The fire that is outside of the capital buiding just says shows that there is a rebellion agaisnt the non-existent capital.
The Bulls: The animal of a bull is said to be angry. The Bulls in the reading are a gang of Bella's ex boyfriend (if you didn't get that). The male (Bella's boyfriend) is an angry man. He uses the idea of a government falling apart to get revenge on the ones that hurt him. He was threatening to find Bella. Bella had left him when her father had died, hurting him. Thus, Justin was the cause of his pain. So, he uses the anger to find revenge on Justin.
Green cast: The cast doesn't tell much, I just thought I would expain what happened. When Bella's dad died, she was said to be an orphan. Thus her mother had died. Linking the two togther, her mother had died but she had survived. The story is that there was a house fire at home and her had wasn't home, her mother died but she escaped with a green cast. That is why she is so upset by fire to begin with. And her fathr died in a burning of a church, so she is already exposed to fire.
Crossbow Tattoo: A crossbow is a weapon. So this shows the Bella is stronger than she looks. To explain, when Justin left the night he told her that he had started burning churches, she was heart broken. But she goes out looking for him later and that is how she is caught by The Bulls.
Burning the Churches: As everybody knows, people who burn churches are said to be horrible human beings. And frankly, they're said to be insane. So, I wanted to show a side of the person'a view. Also, it's said to be one of the most offensive things you can do, so I wanted to put bad with a good person.
Bandana: The Bandana doesn't mean much. Although it is black. Black symbolizes death and grief. So, it just foreshadowed what he would cause by burning the churches.
Not Naming Characters: Not naming characters was present through the story. When he had flashbacks he named the people. He named Luke and Bella. When he is in the present, he calls Bella "her". This is just showing how he isn't connected to the people in his group. He calls them by they're appearance. When he just calls Bella "her" he is connected to her, but he is too insane to call her Bella.
That's it for the most part. There is a lot of tiny symbolism like why Chocolate Eyes was standing at the doors of the van, but this is only the symbolism in the whole story. But I really liked this story and I hope most of you guys do too. I know I write way too much romance, but that's all thats really like to write. I had gotten twenty-five reads over the week. Thank you so much. It means a lot that you read my stories. Have a good weekend :)
