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Write a critique on the bear-and-squirrel game in Look Back in Anger. The bear-and –squirrel game in Look Back in Anger is a symbolic device that serves an important dramatic purpose. The conjugal life of Jimm and Alison is marked by tension. This game, in fact, makes them forget the bitterness of their lives and gives them momentary happiness. The “bear” and “the squirrel” represent Jimmy and Alison respectively. They are the stuffed toys that Alison and Jimmy keep on their dressing table. They are described symbolically in the stage directions at the beginning of the play there is a heavy chest of drawers in which with other things like a “lagged tattered toy teddy bear and a soft woolly squirrel” Jimmy feels restless and isolated as a bear does. Bears never live in herds, Jimmy is also a misfit in the contemporary social setup. On the other hand, Alison is tender and docile like a squirrel living in a shady tree and eating nuts. Alison has a bitter experience after her marri...