Faith is complete confidence and trust in someone or something. Faith makes life richer and fuller, but in life it is questioned. In Kevin Brockmeier's story, “A Fairy Tale with White Slips of Paper Coming Out of Your Pockets,” faith is represented by God's overcoat. The story shows that everyone has faith because faith enriches life and gives hope. The main character finds a coat in a thrift store, but starts pulling out little pieces of paper with people's prayers on it. The moral lesson of this story is that you don't know what you have until it's gone. Brockmeier uses symbols of faith, magical elements, and realistic struggles to reveal morals and lessons about humanity. The symbol of the cloak represents faith in God. The cloak represents the faith placed in God, which makes life fuller and richer. In the fable, Brockmeier explains: "The space around him would take on a certain elasticity, as if thousands of tiny tendons were conjured up from the void and tightened, and he would know, suddenly and without a doubt, that someone was offering him his longing for the air” (263)....