How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
"We love each other, we've found each other! We can go anywhere, be anyone. There's nothing to stop us, is there?" (13.152)
Marie tells Bourne she's willing to chuck her entire former life to run away with him. There's only one thing stopping them: Bourne needs to continue to try to figure out who he is. Even though he's an amnesiac, Bourne's past and identity are more important than Marie's. For him, love provides an ally in the quest for himself. For her, love basically erases her past accomplishments and future goals—it erases her identity, much as Bourne's identity has been erased by amnesia. What is the connection between love and identity here? Are love and amnesia similar?
Quote #5
He knew who he was…what he had been; he was guilty as charged—as suspected. An hour or two saying nothing.Just watching, talking quietly about anything but the truth. Loving. And then he would leave; she would never know when and he could never tell her why. He owed her that; it would hurt deeply for a while, but the ultimate pain would be far less than that caused by the stigma of Cain. (17.236)
A lot of the way Bourne expresses his love for Marie is by saying "I'm bad for you, baby" in one way or the other. What does this tell us about him? Is he being unfair to Marie by being in her life at all? Would Carlos express similar thoughts?
Quote #6
"You will heroically disappear so I won't be tainted."
"I have to."
"Thank you very much, and who the hell do you think you are?" (23.28-32)
Bourne says "I'm bad for you, baby" again, and Marie tells him he's an idiot. The quip "who the hell do you think you are?" is a bit ironic, since Bourne doesn't actually know who he is. He thinks he's an assassin, which is why he feels he has to leave Marie but, of course, he's wrong. And even if he were right, it does seem a little jerky to decide for Marie who she can or can't love.