Hi, I'm new here. I have seen GF1 but not read the novel. When the big pot of spaghetti is emptied into the trash, is there a deeper meaning, perhaps something in the book? I wondered if it meant that a lot of men had been killed (hence not as much food eaten) or even that the discarded pasta was symbolic of the disposable men (here today, gone tomorrow) on both sides of the conflict. Any ideas?