ASSIGNMENT | “The Second Bakery Attack”, what are your interpretations/takeaways of the volcano the husband keeps referring to?

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In the Second Bakery Attack, the husband/narrator keeps mentioning and referring to the ‘volcano.’ Here, the volcano is used as a symbol. Symbolism is used in literature to signify qualities and ideas by giving them symbolic meanings different from their literal meanings or sense. In this case, Murakami uses ‘volcano’ where the narrator kept mentioning, which implied the curse that provokes the level of | GET AN EXPERT FOR YOUR ASSIGNMENT | and her wife can see and feel it and, in the end, it disappears just as what the hunger and the curse do after the second attack or robbery of the bakery. At one point, the narrator says: “Two, I look down, and in the water I see the peak of a volcano, thrusting up from the ocean floor” (Murakami 39). At the same time, the mention of ‘volcano’ would also mean the representation of | GET AN EXPERT FOR YOUR ASSIGNMENT | up over time and growing bigger implies the growth, implication, and consequences of a person’s actions. Additionally, the narrator says: “I took another look at my | GET AN EXPERT FOR YOUR ASSIGNMENT | even clearer than before – much clearer. Unless you looked closely, you might not even it was there” (Murakami 43). Again, ‘volcano,’ in this case, means hunger and starvation that was “back, stronger,” and “deep headache” (Murakami 43) that continuously twinge their stomachs, but were invisible. ‘Volcano’ also implies the extent the…