When the historian encounters the caged idiot James Bell in the novel, the most common interpretations suggest it represents the subconscious or unconscious element in the human mind that the Judge has externalized, though Sugrue confesses this is not fully resolved.
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Michael SugrueEvidence Quote
“the most difficult symbol in the book um i have heard some very uh heated arguments and that and i must confess i don't have a good answer”
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