What is the symbol and it’s hidden meaning

Read the excerpt from “the railroad earth.” o well anyway i'll be learning eventually to like the railroad and sherman will like me some day, and anyway another day another dollar. the narrator of this excerpt can best be described as friendly. optimistic. wealthy. intelligent.

20 points plus brainlest answer if right. joe nesbo, a travelling salesman, was staying at a hotel for business. he was having a dinner meeting that night, so he decided to take a nap in the middle of the afternoon. he was awakened by a knock at the door, and then a man walked in. “oh my, i’m terribly sorry, this isn’t my room. , pardon the intrusion.” the man calmly backed out and left. nesbo got up and locked the door – something he forgot to do before his nap – and lay back down on the bed. but then he shot up in bed and called the lobby to tell them there was a burglar on the prowl. what made nesbo think that?

Based on the passage witch values seem to be most important to the maori