2. I think the mirror twins represent good and evil. They are opposites, they mirror each other. Much of the novel seems to be these good and evil opposites. I feel the twins help the reader to realize that not everything is as it seems. These twins looked so much alike, but their personalities are not the same. "These multiple and contradictory personalities largely cancel each other out, and all that remains is the naked and massive mob. Personality, which is spirit, penetrates flesh and makes it porous, light and breathing, as yeast spiritualizes dough. If personality disappears, the bullion of flesh returns to its native purity and gross weight" (Tournier, 287). If there is no personality everyone will be the same and one would not be able to tell the other apart. I find it funny how in the beginning it was difficult to tell Hajo and Haro apart, but as time went on (a few days) living with them it was very easy to tell them apart.
3. Ephraim means "fruitful. In the Hebrew bible Ephraim is the younger of Joseph's two sons. He is in Genesis 48:19. His older brother is Manasseh. Though Manasseh is older Ephraim takes control over him in all matters.
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