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The Symbolism Of The Cider House Rules
Another rule in the Cider House rule is no smoking in bed. When Homer was new there he read the rules and saw that many of them were doing exactaly that. Holmer did not really care but in society today smoking in genral is looked down on and many accedints have occered due to smoking in bed. Mr. Rose said to Holmer was that “we make our own rules.” this relates to our society in 2016 because there are rules almost anywhere you go. All of these rules will be broken at some point and people don’t care. This line is symbolic to the whole rest of the story because many old and modern rules are bound to be broken.

One big thing that Dr. Larch was doing that was illigal at this time was abortion. Holmer did not like the fact that Dr. Larch was doing
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