The narrator often points out when the protagonist is thinking about the characteristics bread, which he often associates with other memories he has of him and Amanda.In a way the bread symbolizes his life and the times of happiness in it . When bread is mentions the protagonist slips into a daze about Amanda, “ the bell over the door rings as you enter. The fragrance of the interior reminds you of the mornings on Cornelia when you woke to the smell of bread from the bakery ovens, Amanda sleeping beside you”(134). The bread is such a stark remind of the time he spent with Amanda, and he immediately rejoices in the vivid happy memories of Amanda. At the very end of the novel after a long and rough few weeks he sees a piece of bread in the hands
