As weird as this story is, I think it can be related to the Jewish people. Jews are kicked out of places all the time because we have been hated. I think that the dog is a symbol of the Jewish people because as we saw the dog coming back to the person he loved, we see the Jewish people returning to the land we love. The dog also fought hard to get back to what he wanted, just like the Jewish people fought hard to get the land of Israel. The dog was hated by the majority of the people, which is unfortunately similar to the Jewish people. Even though most of Etgar Keret’s stories are unusual, they do have a lot of deeper meanings.
Wednesday, April 22, 2015
Etgar Keret the Huge Wierdo
Initially when reading Etgar Keret stories, we talk about how weird he was. The story that has stuck with me over the past week was "Shooting Tuvia". This story was about a dog that a boy got that was very nice to the boy, but other family members did not receive the same kind of warmth from the dog. After the dog has a bad experience with a family member, the dad takes the dog away. A few hours later, the dog came back to the boy. The same thing happened a few times, except every time the dad tried to get rid of the dog in a more extreme way. The finial time the dad tries to get rid of the dog, he shoots it, but the dog still returns to the boy.
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I think this seems like a very interesting story. The symbolism in it is very relatable to the Jewish People and Eretz Yisrael, like you said. I interpreted it as that the boy symbolized hope for a better future, and the father symbolized our enemies trying to shoot us down. However, like always, we return with passion, and now even have returned to our homeland of Eretz Yisrael.
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