1. The author's father was modest and content with what he had before he was married. "He had at that time no notion of trying to rise in the world" (Anderson 1). After marriage, he became ambitious. It was said that "The American passion for getting up in the world took possession of them" (Anderson 1). This was caused by his late nights in the restaurant spent thinking. He came up with an idea that he thought would benefit their business.
2. The author feels that chickens and eggs bring about hard for his family. In this story, the eggs represent a hampering of success for the family.
3. The father's collection of grotesques symbolize his underlying insanity. He keeps them with him all the time. At the end, he has them on display for Joe Kane, which reveals his insanity because he is going crazy trying to impress this man.
4. "The complete and final triumph of the egg" means that the hard times that the egg brings has finally succeeded in driving the father to insanity and taking away their opportunities.
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