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What Does Breaking The Pig Mean

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In Keret Etgar short story, “Breaking the Pig'' he utilizes symbolism throughout the story to demonstrate the son's freedom from his fathers authority and power. for that power.And also how the story's meaning falls on the audience's experiences and opinions . Power is important in this narrative for a few reasons . The first being that it seeds the conflict for this story ; every story needs a conflict or an antagonist. Which in this story can be the pig that represents the power. At the start of the story the father has complete power over his son because he has control of the pig and also the biggest say in his family when it comes down to things. But throughout the story the son starts to rebel for this power and eventually does break the chains from his fathers control over him. This power also shows the maturity and independence of himself near the end of the story. …show more content…

The pig which more importantly represents power is that conflict in this story.An example being; at the start of the story the son states “Dad wouldn’t let me buy a Bart Simpson doll” that is conflict number one , his father has the power over him which is the main conflict of the story.How power is important in this story is because the father owns all the power currently. His son rebels against the breaking of the pig when he says “ May I have another shekel please” using it as an excuse to buy him more time so he doesn’t have to kill the pig yet . This shows the son rebelling his fathers authority and power. It’s also important in this story because it shows the son’s character development ; his journey from not being independent and changing that by killing the

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