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Explain what Edgar sees as his father's purpose for having Edgar search for Hachiko.
What is the parallel between Charles Adwin's story and Edgar's own story?
Friday, August 02, 2013
Hangman
Explain what Edgar sees as his father's purpose for having Edgar search for Hachiko.
What is the parallel between Charles Adwin's story and Edgar's own story?
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The game of Hangman may end up being symbolic because if Edgar does not find the name his father was trying to sign, he may not find out the truth behind what killed him, just as how not guessing the letters in a game of hangman would ultimately hang the stick figure. Edgar finally decides that he was reading the letters involving Hachiko because Gar thought it would comfort him. In Charles Adwin's story he says he visited Hachiko and "it seemed possible- indeed, likely- that a third presence accompanied us, someone whom only Hachiko could see." This erases all of Edgar's doubts about seeing his father's figure in the rain. He wasn't just imagining it and he saw it for a reason, if it that reason wasn't too accuse Claude of his death.
Gar told Edgar about Hachiko for proof, proof that he was really there and that something like this has happened before. Hachiko could see his owner even after his death. Even John's friend said he could feel a presence there when he walked with Hachiko from the train stop.
I find it interesting that in media it's very common for dogs to sense things humans cannot. In movies they always have dogs barking at ghosts, extraterrestrials, or other supernatural beings while the human characters don't notice anything.
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