"The puffed rice Mrs. Das had spilled was scattered at his feet, raked over by the monkeys' hands." -pg. 165
The puffed rice, I believe, is very symbolic. At the end of the monkey attack, both of the parents act like it's where they were that made Bobby get attacked. They wanted to leave quickly because the place "gives them the creeps." What's ironic, however, is that Mrs. Das really caused this whole rendezvous. She was being careless witht he puffed rice. Because of the puffed rice being all over, the monkeys attacked where Bobby was. Also, the dad's shutter caused the monkeys to attack more. That just adds more to the irony of the whole situation. Both the parents both think they're innocent when in reality, they were the problem.
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