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I was talking to a friend who's writing an essay about what happens when something breaks, and we realised we couldn't think of that many examples of things getting broken by accident in literature. We thought it was kind of weird, considering how often it happens irl, and how it's a very convenient tool for things like foreshadowing and plot twists.
Another friend mentioned how her favourite examples are from twilight and now I'm wondering what everyone's favourite examples are.
My personal favourite is not really from literature, but from Arcane: after the attack on the council, the round table is repaired using a method that highlights the cracks with gold, and functions as symbol of how things (or systems) can actually improve after they break.
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