The symbol is the white umbrella, and it represents what the narrator wants to be, perfect, pure, etc. and that would mean that when she throws it away she is satisfied with the way she is now. The narrator is taught many lessons including acceptance. The narrator is taught acceptance because she regrets wishing Ms. Crosman was her mother. She also wanted to be part of American culture, and she was so embarrassed of her mother working. She was taught to accept things how they are in her life and be thankful for them because some people don’t have what she does.
