I think by the tone of the caterpillar’s voice, you can tell that he regrets his life decisions of becoming a criminal and you can almost notice the tears in his eyes. The mother in this reel is of course still confused in this situation, not knowing why her son became a law breaker. I believe that she’s symbolised as a baseball because she likes to throw herself into her son’s life and this possibly led to the son becoming annoyed, irritated, and feeling trapped by his mother. The reason she did this was not only did she love her son too much, but possibly because the son’s father was gone since we can’t see sight of him anywhere in this reel. The son in this case is symbolised as a caterpillar because his mother sees him as someone who isn’t ready to grow up, but in reality he’s already up to the age where he leaves his parents/parent. The mother doesn’t want to believe he’s grown up and wants to continue living in a fantasy where she’s still taking care of her baby.