Sunday, August 24, 2008

The hungry ghost

The narrator search for the continuity after death.

His grandfather doesn’t want to live at hell, and wanted his grandchildren to offer him food, hugging his grave, and burning money for him to spend.

Offering food, hugging grave, and burning money have its meaning. Offering food symbolize giving food to them, so that they will not hungry. While, hugging grave represent family care to the deceased, pray for them, and not left them alone. Burning money symbolize extra money for deceased to spend during their vacation on earth.

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