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Read paragraph 13 of the passage.
At last she was safe through the fence and risen up out in the clearing. Big dead trees, like black men with one arm, were standing in the purple stalks of the withered
cotton field. There sat a buzzard.
Why does the author mention the buzzard in the excerpt?
to symbolize death
to symbolize the future
to express Phoenix's concerns
to introduce Phoenix's grandson
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