Symbolism
Name one example of symbolism found in the story and explain its meaning (must give an example and the meaning to get full points).
Any piece of symbolism with a meaning that makes sense gets the points.
What the narrator said "reverberated in" his "ears with the authority of a revelation" (Pg. 37).
What are his wife's theses/opinions?
The feeling the narrator and his wife wake up with.
What is hunger?
When the narrator and his best friends stopped being friends.
What is after the original bakery attack?
The number of students sleeping at the McDonald's.
What is 2?
What might the pebbles on the bottom of the area of water that the narrator sees (when he looks through the very clear water in his imagination) symbolize?
What are all of the little problems that the narrator has that are not very significant (much smaller than the volcano that arose when discussing the bakery attack).
or
Any other acceptable answers along these lines will get the points.
What the narrator offered to be sauteed to try to become satiated.
What are French dressing and (refridgerator) deodorizer?
What is after they attacked the bakery?
The age the narrator married his wife.
What is 28 or 29 years old?
The number of days the bread from the bakery kept the narrator and his best friend fed for.
What are four to five days?
The symbolism of the narrator laying in the boat ready for the tides to take him where he belongs.
What is this symbolizes the narrator being ready for his next challenge/chapter now that he no longer had the problem with the curse of the original bakery attack?
or
Any other acceptable answers along these lines will be accepted.
The traits the narrator's wife gave to the presence she felt since they had gotten married (list at least two to get the points).
What is dusty, heavy, a "curtain hanging down from the ceiling" (page 43)?
What the narrator and his best friend did to get all the food they wanted from the bakery.
What is listening to classical music with the shopkeeper?
What the narrator called his wife when she did not want to go to an all-night restaurant.
What is old-fashioned?
What the narrator called his exchange with the original bakery's shopkeeper.
What is a commercial transaction?
The symbolism of the water becoming clearer when the narrator discussing the curse with his wife.
What is the water becoming clearer can symbolize the narrator getting the originally bakery attack off of his chest?
or
What is the water becoming clearer can symbolize the narrator finding a solution to the curse when discussing the curse from the original bakery attack with his wife?
or
Any other acceptable answers along these lines will work and get the points.
Where the narrator imagined he was when he thought of the "special hunger" (Pg. 38).
What is in the middle of the ocean on a boat, with a volcano in the water?
What the narrator did after the original bakery attack (hint: think changes). Name at least 3 to get the points, but name all if possible.
What are going to university, graduating, beginning to study for the bar exam, start working at a law firm and meeting and marrying his wife?
Name the following musician that the narrator and his friend listened to with the bakery shopkeeper.
Strauss
Wagner
Mahler
Verdi
Who/What is Wagner?
The time of day the narrator and his wife went searching for a bakery.
What is 2:30 in the morning?
The symbolism of the volcano in the ocean that the narrator imagined.
What are the narrator's problems/challenges with the original bakery attack/curse?
or
Any other acceptable answers along these lines will get the point.
What the narrator visually compared him and his wife to while searching the streets.
What are "hungry eagles in search of prey" (Pg. 44)?
What the narrator said the relationship between right and wrong choices is.
What is the right choices can produce the wrong results and "wrong choices can produce right results" (Pg. 36)?
The age difference between the narrator and his wife.
What is 2 years and 8 months?
The names of the music pieces the bakery's shopkeeper played the boys (name at least one to gain the points).
What is/are "The Flying Dutchman", "Wagner LP", and/or "Tannhäuser" (Pgs. 40-41)?