What are Fireworks?

The fireworks display that Young does not witness in Part IV is a symbol of the fact that happiness seems impossible to Young after his breakup with Gyu-ho. After being told that there would be a fireworks show that evening by Habibi, Young falls asleep in the bathtub and wakes up hours later, unsure if he missed it: "There was no way of knowing whether there'd been fireworks or not. Everything seemed to have passed by in the blink of an eye. At some point, my life had turned into one dimly remembered night after another" (222). The fireworks, like any possibility for happiness, seem to be passing Young by.