Infinite Limits

Visible Emblem

          Since visual images are at the source of all stories, the emblem/logo I designed for this section is one that is very representative of the mother complex Dolly has throughout the book. The image created is one of an upside down triangle surrounded by the color pink to represent the female figure. The upside down triangle was made to represent the female reproductive organs, as Macnab had explained, and only seemed right for this visual image of Dolly. To further the idea of a mother, the inside of the triangle has two circles, one has an “M,” the other has a “D.” They were put there to present the idea that Dolly has two sides to her, that of a mother and a Doctor. The other pink figures surrounding the circles are there to somewhat look like a brain, to exemplify how Dolly thinks in an alternative world outside of reality that is all jumbled up. The fact that she has no real sense of reality as a mother and a doctor allows the reader to know that she lives in an alternate world that only works for her. Dolly constantly feels stuck between her two roles as a mother and doctor, and ends up harming her son when she pushes them together to try and heal him. These two forces are what make up the overall character Dolly is portrayed as, and is what constantly seems to get her into trouble.