What does the whirligig symbolize in chapter 6, "Bellevue, Washington," in the book "Whirligig?"

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whirligig comes to symbolize, at first, the constant pressure to succeed that Tony feels from
his parents, and then, later, the need for rest. Tony, a Korean boy, feels under tremendous
pressure, not only from his parents and teacher to succeed at violin, but tremendous cultural
pressure, as an Asian, to be hard-working, polite, and deferential. In this way he resembles
Brent; just as Brent was driven by his ambition to be accepted by the popular kids at school,
eventually leading to his breakdown and suicide attempt, the pressure Tony is under could also
lead him to a similar breakdownyou could think of his disastrous recital as a kind of expression
of frustration at this pressure to perform, or as a...