The significance of the deer Gordie, alone, sees and decides to keep himself until his adult life has been debated. Two theories often suggested are: (1) After all the bad things in the lives of the four boys - the death of Gordie's brother and the silent treatment from his parents; Ace and his friends; Teddy's abusive and alcoholic dad; Ray Brower's death; etc. - the deer represents that some things in the world are still beautiful, and this gives him hope. He wanted to keep it to himself so that nobody could debunk his theory. (2) Gordie has spent the entire trip in the constant company of his friends, not doing or saying anything that isn't seen or heard by the others. The deer is the one thing that is personal to him from the entire time they are searching for the body.

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