In George Saunder's "Escape From Spiderhead," Jeff wants to Escape Spiderhead. However, as the reader of such a fascinating chapter, I wanted to enter the situation. The text did a great job of drawing me in. It was a very interesting story that takes us in Jeff's shoes throughout his current situation in Spiderhead. It's a lot different from other things I've read in a sense that it contains strong, symbolic representations of the real world and humanity.
In a place where Jeff feels all alone, he has to encounter different people that put him to the test. His love is challenged when Abnesti and Verlaine constantly control him. Jeff has sex with Rachel three times as well as Heather three times. During the moments with the girls, he feels as if he loves them however, after the fact, he has no sexual interests in them. The girls also have intercourse with other men named Rogan and Keith. Yes, I haven't read a lot of things that take advantage of love and relationships like this story. But it's also symbolic considering the function of Spiderhead.
Not only do these characters connect on the basis of love and emotions, but they also see how one another responds to each other, Abnesti, the environment, etc. The place has code-like names for certain things that physically and mentally change the characters. Darkenfloxx is used a lot in this chapter and it's used on the two girls. Seeing Jeff's response to the Darkenfloxx on the girls and Abnesti's actions make him realize struggles he has as well as the people around him. He begins to miss his mom and he fights to connect with the surrounding characters, which he ultimately does by the end of the chapter.
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