Read the following sentence:
The horse galloped slowly.
The sentence is
because
transitive; it only has one clause
Intransitive; it does not have a direct object
Intransitive; it has a direct object
transitive; it is an independent clause

as for symbolic actions, the narrator's tearing down the wallpaper in an attempt to find the "woman" in the wallpaper represents her struggle to retain or regain her sanity.   the wallpaper has been part of her confinement and by her tearing it down, she is freeing herself from that confinement.

is it "means of nourishment"

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my mom likes working at a nursing home.

direct object