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     No Fixed Address     In Aritha Van Herks No Fixed Address, one find symbol surfaces m some(prenominal) times. The main characters name is Arachne, which heart and soul spider, and sets the reader up to understand the central symbol in the apologuethe spider web. The reader sees several other instances of webs showing up throughout the novel. Arachnes dependence on the road and her random driving is other form of web in No Fixed Address. To unite in Arachnes driving with webs, we see Thomass maps as webs of sorts. The most important web that Arachne is seen to weave is that perverbial web of liesa mortal can never escape from that web. In the end, Arachne is indeed caught in her give birth web, and in the end, she is caught in it.     Arachne, in mythological terms, is the master weaver the women who match herself against a god and lost, thus being turned into a spider. Arachne Mantea is oftentimes the same. Sh e is constantly putting herself into categories that she doesnt belong in. Much of her life, Arachne was certain that she was adopted. Her family seems to be poor, but Arachne could not fit herself into that social class. When she finally meets a family that is of a rich class, she realizes whole-heartedly that she doesnt belong to that class either. Arachne seems to belong nowhere, almost as if she belongs to that race in the heavenliesthis is her first and most fatal lie. When Arachne ceases to belong to any particular group, she becomes capable of anything. Cheating, stealing, and killing are no longer to a lower place her. If she doesnt belong where she is anyway, Arachne doesnt need to remember her past she doesnt need to cope with the things that have happened to her. Thus, Arachne forms lies of denial concerning her past and present actions. She represses the memories of a painful youth, while believing that her whoring around will never overcome up with her. She begins to live a lie, and one that eventually gets her. Other aspects of her life mirror the level of lie that she is living. The manner in which she drives shows us much than any other.      When Arachne is merely lying to herself, we see her driving in a relatively small area, and very predictably so. She drives a bus, and in doing so, Arachne has a defined route.