Notre Dame Campus
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Notre Dame Campus is referenced as the aspirational destination Matt toured with his daughter; it functions as the symbol of upward mobility that is now at risk, giving tragic weight to his market-loss confession.
Idealized and aspirational in Matt's memory; contrasted with present anxiety.
Aspirational backdrop that frames the family's hopes and the cost of their potential loss.
Represents opportunity and the American promise of education.
Notre Dame is named as the campus Matt and his daughter visited — an emblem of aspiration and the concrete object of the threatened tuition savings, used to make his anxiety legible to the staff.
Referred to as beautiful and dreamlike, now tinged with dread because of financial insecurity.
Anchor for the daughter's college hopes and the father's narration.
Embodies the promise of upward mobility now jeopardized by economic shock.
Not relevant to immediate scene access; referenced only.
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