Annie's father throws this sculpture into the lake because he was badly scared of the evil past of the prison guard who abused the prisoners.
What does the sculpture symbolize for Annie, and what does it symbolize for Gabrielle?
The sculpture symbolize for Annie and for Gabrielle was because Annie sculpted her father because he wanted know more of his past, whereas Gabrielle wanted the sculpture so that her father would “know we understand what happened to him.” She sculptured her because she had a sympathy of him and also admired him after came to know that he was a victim in that time.
Moreover, throwing the sculpture into the lake does not fulfilled Annie's father's real aim to cover his past identity. She learned a lot about his father through his sculptured that he was not that kind of person he know in past and in present. Actually he was defeated.
Again, after throwing the sculpture away, it's depicted as the strength of a father immediately modified to familiarized shame and lies.
As per conclusion, the symbolize shown the effect of the guilt and the deception on a person.