Kawabata's Symbolism In 'The Jay'

The story the jay by Yasunari Kawabata brings the symbolism into the story on giving the reader a mood of different emotions. As we read through the story it's about an girl named Yoshiko whose parents are divorce. During the divorce Yoshiko and her brother were left alone with their blind grandmother with both of the parents being away from them. Yoshiko learns the loneliness that she has as she find a baby bird who has fallen down. Through the symbolism, Kawabata reveals a lonely atmosphere in his short story. As Kawabata brings in the jay, it is singing in the background as everything was going well. The jay “ was singing from the roof of the neighbor's house”(9) just as Yoshiko was singing in her own world of being with her parents. While