setting: the present age, by the sea in Greece
conflict: two octopuses vs. a man
climax: the octopuses finally get away from a man, and he falls into the sea with his truck
symbol: i think the bird in the end symbolizes the difficulties or obstacles in a human real life
irony: even though two octopuses succeed in escaping from the man, the bird immediately takes the male octopus and flies away
theme: as long as we are living, we need to get over with any difficulties standing in front of us in order to get what we long for