From the trappings of being a sex slave to the soldiers to the birth of her daughter, Akiko’s life has gone full circle. The lives of the Mother and daughter can be interpreted in terms of a river that has fully developed from the formation to the old stage. They could use it to hide from enemies and to diminish their trials. These are relevant in the sense that during the war the landscape and its rivers aided the soldiers in the fighting. We can therefore safely assume that it has wonderful sceneries with rivers and other physical features. The physical setting does not come out in great detail, but it crosses one as authentic. The symbol of the river and/or water can be applied to these issues. Ironically in a painfully realistic way she finds that she has so much from her mother than she would have ever thought possible. It is her journey to understand her where she also creates herself and finds more about her mother’s lifestyle and job. The hardships that Beccah too goes through are also explored in-depth and her feelings are near an “abnormal” mother.
It highlights the traumas the mother Akiko goes through as a mother teenage and her teenage girl. It is the story of the life of Akiko, a former comfort girl for the Korean Soldiers, and her teenage daughter Beccah. This book is set in the post-war period in Asia. In the middle stage, it deposits much of what it had collected while in the old stage it loses its speed and strength and gains depth as it enters a lake, a new life. It also creates new routes where there are barriers. During the useful stage of the formation of a river, it flows violently sweeping everything in its wake. The course of a river and its characteristics in various stages of development can also find symbolic meaning from the novel. The physical side can also be taken to provide peace and security for people especially soldiers in war as was the case in Korea. First, it can be perceived as a cleaning agent for washing the dirtiest of linens, as a source of livelihood, a sign of peace and tranquility. Water or the river can be used for some reasons.
In this essay, the importance or significance of the River or water has been discussed as a symbolic feature.
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