5/22/2023 0 Comments Starfish by Akemi Dawn BowmanThey use starfish to refer to them as having negative impacts on people’s lives because of their greed to care about themselves only. To start off, the characters of Starfish use the symbol to describe self centered characters such as Hiroshi’s father and Kiko’s mom. The author’s use of a starfish is a symbol for Kiko’s mom selfishness because of how the symbol is used by characters such as Kiko, the metaphorical interpretation of always wanting to have attention and to be satisfied by Hiroshi, as well as how the author uses the title Starfish on the physical display of the book. However, when she’s given the opportunity to travel away from her mom to California, Kiko matures and obtains true acceptance and independence for herself by escaping her mom’s mental prison. Kiko has always had to endure struggles on her path to enter a career of art by her mother’s egoistic nature. Akemi Dawn Bowman enhances the reading experience by reminding the reader of the symbol of a starfish to represent the ongoing conflict that affects the main protagonist, Kiko. Akemi Dawn Bowman reveals the story of Starfish to present a perspective of a young adult named Kiko trying to mature in a world controlled by her mother's selfishness.
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