Accident

The accident symbolizes the randomness and chaos that often affects daily human experience. The accident is unspecified in nature, but it is random and unforeseen, and it has a fundamental effect on the protagonist’s life.

Money

Money in the novel symbolizes the destructiveness of wealth, privilege, and enablement. The protagonist’s newfound fortune allows him to pursue every whim he has, and that fact is ultimately leads to destructive dynamics.

Physical Therapy

The protagonist’s physical therapy symbolizes the sense of detachment and alienation that he feels after the accident. Due to trauma from the accident, he must relearn how to move, and movement always feels slightly aliens to him, just as he. Is feels detached from the world in general.

Memory/Vision

The protagonist’s memory/vision of the apartment building symbolizes the degree to which memory and identity are invented. The protagonist cannot...