1labfs39
I just finished reading A Pigeon and a Boy and was absolutely flabbergasted by the last chapter. Without giving anything away to those who might not have read/finished, I made the connection between Baby and Yair early on. I'm talking about Yair's actions at the end of the book with the pigeon and with his wife. Wow. Those caught me totally unprepared, and I am still processing it. Would anyone care to share their thoughts on the ending?
2break
I finished reading the book this morning. I was also surprised by what Yair did to the pigeon. Here is my take on it. Almost everything in his life was forecasted or predefined by his mother. She told him to get a house, what kind of house. She also told him how she would meet his wife and so on. She even asked him not to let any pigeon in the house. Nevertheless the bird found her way in. SPOILER. But he killed and ate the bird. I think it was a symbolic act indicating closure for that part of his life when he was somewhat of a pushover. By consuming the bird he cut himself off from both his mother and his biological father. (Who happened to commit the only violent act of his life after he heard how some of his pigeons were eaten.) Yair's only violent act helped him to finally become who he really was. I.e. this fits with the "return to home, return to who you are" theme of the book.
3labfs39
Hmmm... but if killing the pigeon is a break with his mom, then why does he bring his wife, the woman his mother foretold for him, to his house? Wouldn't that mean that he was still doing what his mother wanted? Unless choosing the woman least like himself is another way to distance himself from his biological father. In which case, the act is not a change, but a continuation of his whole life, i.e. a desire to be his stepfather's son Yairi...
I'm still not happy about it!
I'm still not happy about it!
