Within this short story, The Aquatic Uncle, by Italo Calvino as analyzed has its own symbols that parallel that directly compares to modern life in every way which I find to be fascinating. I also found out that "Tadpoles" symbolize not just a beginning to a new life, but forms of immaturity, someone that does not fully understand the world yet. An interesting part of the story could be said of the involvement of the scientific elements behind the "Carboniferous period, abandoned part of aquatic life for terrestrial". This is based on a society moving forward into modern times while abandoning the old way of life. A main idea that I found interesting was the use of symbolism and how it can relate to modernism and society. The "paws' of the story directly relates to a form of creatures that have lived on land long enough to be fully developed and they are a symbol of the highest status within the story. I also found out through the use of observation that "tadpoles", "paws"s , “N'ba N'ga” along with "edges" can be seen as symbols within the environment and how each of them is represented in my opinion. The narrator, Qfwfq, also speaks of how his terrestrial girlfriend's "paws" is in a kind of reverence. The narrator represents her on a pedestal as symbolized being greater than him because of it in my opinion. This would be found as Qfwfq's belief of everything being fish, instead of understanding that the two worlds should join and connect with each other. I saw that Great-uncle N'ba N'ga symbolizes how the ages gone by and the idea that what was once considered old and ancient will one day become a new age again. A birth of fresh ideas and life. This is observed and saw when Qfwfq's terrestrial girlfriend decides to join him and turn into a fish, because that is where she sees a part of the future. Finally, "edges" symbolize a divide in society and how playing along the edge of an issue can result in falling to one side or the other.
With this story in particular I observed and took notice of how impactful and meaningful the story is to me and in my opinion it was exciting and interesting to decipher and analyze. The main topic I would want to focus on is KiKi’s training as a new witch and her relationship with other characters as a whole along with how society treats her. Her training in my opinion could have been better in this novel because she has to learn how to do everything on her own as a witch for the most part but she needs more mentorship in my opinion for at least the majority of her training process. The next thing that has my point of view would be her close relationship with some characters and how she is impacted by them. My personal point of view would have to be how is she affecting them since she’s different as a witch and someone who isn’t more normal and how they react to someone who is a witch in training. The next part that highly interests me is how society sees her in their world not hers....
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