Inventory/ the tokens

When reading the handout I was shown ways in which meaning and representation can be portrayed through different things and in different ways. In one way we are shown this is with the certain tokens and how they can be matched to ones importance. Without knowing if the mother of the child was ever going to return the child would eventually be given this and it would have extreme meaning to that child. Many people have different feelings and views when it comes to how they feel about adoption, some want to know their parents and others believe that their adopted parents are there true parents, but a lot of the time people become curious and want to know who their true parents are. Having this type of token could change someones life when it came to finding their true parents. With the hospital saving different tokens and trinkets for each of the children there I strongly feel that they had a hope for each of the children and wanted to believe that one day these would come back to help them in the future.