Ka's sculpture
Ka's sculpture is a symbol of the dew breaker's life built on lies while sweeping the truth about his life under the rug. It is a materialized representation of his lies, so the unnamed dew breaker decides to throw it away and come clean to his daughter about not being a martyr that she'd seen him his entire life, but the opposite of that.
Wanted fliers
From the story "The Book of Miracles" the issue of wanted fliers is represented as a representation of Anne's fear of her husband being discovered and his past coming to haunt him. She is afraid that someone could recognize her husband's face from wanted fliers; just like their daughter seem to have recognized the man in front of them.
Dew breaker
Dew breaker is a nickname of Haitian militia who, during the dictatorship of Francois Duvalier, tormented and killed anyone who would dare to show any kind of opposition to the rule. They are dew breakers because they often attacked and broke into people's home at the break of dawn while the dew is forming on the ground.
Tonton Macoute and Fillette Lalo
Tonton Macoute was the actual name of the militia of Haitian president. The name stemmed from a Haitian folklore of a bogeyman that killed children. In the story "The Dew Breaker" the character of the dew breaker's superior who leads the prison, talks about naming her female militia force Fillette Lalo which is again a children-eating mythical creature. This symbolic usage of monsters from children's tales and nightmares brings an even more terrifying aspect to the entire situation, as they were a real-life representation of monsters lurking or hiding under beds.
