You can help us out by revising, improving and updatingĪfter you claim a section you’ll have 24 hours to send in a draft. She realizes that her desire to die will be rewarded one day except now she doesn't want to die anymore. When Renee dies with only Paloma and God (symbolized by Kakuro) to mourn her, Paloma is initiated into the true majesty of adult life. But, she is still not initiated! Kakuro is the godlike force that takes her from question to answer, and then once all the ingredients are mixed together properly, he walks Paloma through the oven of suffering where Paloma's transfiguration is completed. Using art and culture as methods for transcendental growth, Paloma understands how to counteract the suffering of existence. Her question about why not to kill herself is answered by the revelation of Renee's artistic elevation. When the union occurs, Paloma finds within herself some identity worth pursuing. The man is the uniting force bringing a youthful girl on the precipice of adult consciousness into harmony with a fully developed adult on the precipice of death. Their new friendship shows a union of opposites. They didn't know that they shared this until a Japanese man came to stay with them. The religious union between Paloma and Renee is their attachment to Japanese culture which spoke to both of their souls and their identities. The question of Paloma's suicidal depression receives a complex religious answer in light of this thematic rise and fall. The idea of Kakuro's wisdom and harmonizing effect is that Renee feels a shift in her private nature, and Paloma realizes in Renee that time is a wonderful monstrosity, both elevating human consciousness to godlike insights, and then doing what the book finally does by taking Renee's life in front of Paloma. In some ways his presence points to deus ex machina. The question that naturally rises from this timing is whether Kakuro Ozu serves an archetypal role. One interesting aspect of the story is the intrusion of Kakuro Ozu at a particular moment into this dynamic between Renee and Paloma. We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own. These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community.

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