Monday, September 14, 2015

Bird Agency

In George Saunders’ story “Escape From Spiderhead” the main character finally escapes the experimental prison by committing suicide. While many authors choose to end the narration when the main character dies, Saunders simply allows Jeff to transcend into his next life. His reincarnation was freeing but as I thought about it I came to a realization:

Assume that Jeff died and became a bird. What did the other birds think about this new bird appearing out of nowhere? Did he just take over the body of an already existing bird? Why do the birds not talk to each other? Why are these birds still subject to humans even in their own realm?

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