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This symbol is developed after Millicent makes a comparison between the individuality of heather birds and the monotonous personality of sparrows. The black, gray, and white nature of these birds symbolizes an almost dystopian society existing within the sorority. The introduction of heather birds creates a sharp contrast between the two, once again conveying a theme of individuality vs sameness. The beginning of Millicent's own initiation concludes the theme that she has a escaped from the sameness of the sparrows and now will take on color as a heather bird.

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The sparrow embodies itself as a recurring theme throughout the story. This is further substantiated by excerpts from the story presenting a theme of individuality vs sameness. The sameness is symbolized by the sorority girls and the sparrows are used to convey this sense of uniformity. The message of sameness is brought to light after we learn why Tracy was eliminated.

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Birds chirping and bathing

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Although heather birds are free and unique, they fall into solitude sometimes. Unlike sparrows who travel in flocks and are there for each other.

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These sparrows represent the sorority girls; traveling in groups, acting, and looking alike. Thus they enforce sameness and suppress uniqueness among their sisters.

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Lonely "Heather" Bird

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Group of Sparrows

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"And then, for some reason, Millicent thought of the heather birds. Swooping carefree over the moors, they would go singing and crying out across the great spaces of air, dipping and darting, strong and proud in their freedom and their sometime loneliness."

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"Outside, the sparrows were still chirping, and as she lay in bed Millicent visualized them, pale gray-brown birds in a flock, one like the other, all exactly alike."