Symbols

I think the dreams that are mentioned throughout the stories symbolize the evolving inner spirit of PK. Along with the dream, Peekay Constantly changes. In the beginning chapter WE see that PK solves his bedwetting problem through this dream. I actually no not know how he changed much in the after chapters but I still think he learnt how to survive.Through doing the Judges Homework. But I still think that there might be a deeper connection that relates his past and future egos.

Bryce Courtenay

Austrailian writer- South African Born - was exposed to South African culture from his early life - the motif to write this book - The Power of One - Self experience - apartheid? - this is my guess

- Best selling writer

Grandpa Chook has passed away. This incident was totally unexpected, not only for me but for most of us in this group. Interestingly, I encountered his/her name again in the beginning of Chapter 6. I was glad to see his name again. But I wonder: For what purpose now? This might be off topic for I who was assigned to write about the symbols that I found while reading the book. However, I found this extremely interesting so I decided to write about this. So my hypothesis is that throughout the whole story there will be someone who guides Peekay to the right way. In the first few chapters, the guide was obviously Grandpa Chook, the chicken. Unfortunately, Granpa passed away, and is now replaced with a new guide: Hoppie. If Grandpa was there for Peekay to be his only friend and compadre, Hoppie is now not only his friend but a role model. At first the whole boxing scene seemed like a waste of ink for me. However as I was going through the words, I found out that this whole boxing match thing is there to give a new hope, or a motif to Peekay. At the beginning of the book, where Peekay is at the boarding school, Peekay’s goal was to successfully survive during his school years. But now, it is to become a boxer like the other British boxer guy who defeated Hoppie. This is simply my analysis+ hypothesis+ assumption, so even though it is wrong, please do not blame me.