Symbolic Meaning Snake My Antonia

awakening a) The symbolic meaning of the snake and the hole Jim and Antonia re examining are the male and female sex organs. A sexual awakening. b) - Jim desire to prove himself as a man and not a boy. (l.3 p.24) “I was a boy and she was a girl, and I resented her protecting manner”. - Jim’s crouching position as if he were involved in a sexual relationship (l.3 p.25) “I was walking backwards, in a crouching position, when I heard Antonia scream”. The position of the snake lying in the form