Also, there is not enough reason to conclude that the iceman symbolizes someone who has lost happiness, this means that the reader could interpret the story in a different way . To illustrate this thought, the Iceman says, “Ice is able to preserve things in this way, very cleanly and distinctly and vividly, as if they were still alive” (81). This quote can be clarified, as the past can also be kept alive, no matter how much time has passed. While someone else might see it as the ice providing the false hope of believing that what is being preserved is alive, when in reality it is dead. As a result, the story can be interpreted in various ways and have conflicting meanings, and will not