The rat comes to visit Joe because he has this hole in his side. He says when he thinks about the hole and when he remembers it is there then he feels the rat coming. Joe has nothing to do but sit and think because he cannot move and he cannot see anything. Joe has so much time on his hands that he is constantly thinking and considering everything and being able to remember everything that has happened. He remembers that army guy they saw who was dead and a rat was eating on him and that is what started him on the rat thing too. The rat represents death and all the soldiers fear rats and know that it is a bad sign when there are some around because rats feed off of the dead. Joe is showing that he is in a bad place and the rat is just a bad sign saying that he isn’t well off and it doesn’t look good for him.
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