Setting
An industrialized city. The story was based
on boys’ memory, so I think that it happened a long time ago.
Conflict
The lost thing is lost and the boy has no
idea where he should take him.
Climax
The lost thing found a place it belongs to.
Symbols
The lost thing is a symbol of something
that does not draw public attention
The Department of Odds and Ends is a symbol
of society.
The train and the houses are the symbol of ordinary
in this story.
Irony
An expert couldn’t figure out where the
lost thing belongs to.
Despite caring about the lost thing a lot,
the boy forgot about it.
Theme
Memory fading away.
