Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Ok so now I am thinking more of the prisoner.
So here is what I'm going to assume is correct. The village represents number 6's mind. I am guessing something troubled him before hand, which lead to his resigning without telling his boss why he quits. (thus him yelling and hitting the desk in the intro, which my guess is his words would be "you don't need to know"). Any who, number 6 is placed on this island as a "prisoner" of his own mind. Such a perfect place where people are kind, and if they are so kind, why would he try and escape? Because he wants to become free of his mind. He try's to escape but he can't do to the fact of rover, which could resemble fear. Rover is always there right before he can escape, the boat or helicopter stops working, and leads him right to rover. Bottom line, he is afraid of being free of his mind. Number 2 has a role to play but I am still trying to figure that one out.
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Any who... start using anyhow. You're prepping for college and life now.
ReplyDeleteThis is very interesting observation you've got here - the the Prisoner is actually the manifestation of an Inner Struggle. In this way, you are describing something mythic - that the story is symbolic of a journey we make within ourselves out of a prison within ourselves.
ReplyDeleteTime for you to read The Power of Myth by Joseph Campbell and have your mind blown. It's in the library.