Question

Explain what you think the title, "The Third Bank of the River," symbolizes.

Answer 1

I think the Third bank of the River symbolizes a different, somewhat ignored path where miracles lie beyond its depths that no one pays attention to because it's an "odd one out". But that's just my interpretation.

Answer 2

Hope it helps:)

Step-by-step explanation:

The river is a traditional metaphor for time that continuously moves yet simultaneously remains timeless and for change that is also permanence. The father's action thus symbolizes the human need to transcend time by remaining in one place as the river flows by.