Significance of a quick scene
I know this was a very minor detail, but it seemed noticeable enough to possibly hold some meaning. When Clem and Jane first leave to try and find the others, Jane makes a short, almost angry or annoyed glance towards the statue of the two civil war soldiers. There isn't anything strange about the face of the statue that they close in on. The statue is of one man carrying another wounded on his back. I thought it might be a little tidbit to support Jane's disapproval of groups, and symbolize her overall attitude throughout the episode.
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I think it has something to do with her story with her sister who didnt want to live anymore and that she has to "carry" until she left her.
The statue and the insignia beneath it—Fallen but never Forsaken—are clearly referencing and foreshadowing Sarah's two deaths, with additive meaning in regards to her second death.
Upon her first possible death, Sarah has mentally fallen by the time you reach her in the trailer. Through Clementine, you either allow Sarah to stay fallen and perish or you help raise her up once more. By leaving Sarah in the trailer to die, you have forsaken her and relegated her life as meaningless. On the contrary, by saving Sarah, you—albeit temporarily—literally and figuratively elevate her from her fallen state: Sarah is raised from the depths of her despair, up off the ground, and out of the trailer through the skylight to safety. In saving Sarah, you have chosen to not forsake her, even though she appears to be a lost cause.
Approaching Sarah's second death, when she has more readily fallen and physically can't get up, the statue and the insignia beneath it are fully realized. Like the weak deck, Sarah has (partly) fallen due to the pressure and won't be able to get back up without a “helping-hand.” She is down and her chances at survival are slim. So what do you do? Do you convince Jane—who is on the edge of death herself—to save Sarah, or do you pull Jane up and finally give up on Sarah? Choose the latter and you have forsaken Sarah for the final time. However, choose the former and Jane will literally and figuratively fall down to Sarah's position—to Sarah's own fallen state—in order to help her. Though Jane's attempts are futile and Sarah dies regardless, Sarah was not forsaken by you the player despite being fallen. Even when the prospect of helping your fallen friend was dim, you tried anyway, in turn embodying the very essence of compassion and camaraderie that the statue and its insignia represent.