Symbols In Mrs. Sommer's Life

The author uses several symbols to contrast what Mrs. Sommers' life was vs. what it is now. I say this because of how he describes how in much in debt she is. She can not even buy a little bit of food at the store without going broke. Also, in the story, she finds fifteen dollars on the ground and she said that it was a lot of money. Like everyone else, she likes a bargain. But that bargain should be way below her price if she ever would buy that product. She gives most of her money away for her children. She does this so that they can look some what decent looking when they go to school. She is also so broke that she has to steal some of the things in stores. When she does this, people tend to not notice her when she steals some of the things.