How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Panel)
Quote #7
There are papers everywhere: on the cars, on the sidewalks, next door... people are snatching them out of the air and off the ground. And just when things begin to settle down... poof! It starts all over again! (4.16-4.19)
We’re not sure what is more absurd here, the fact that these people keep chasing paper all over the place... or the fact that Guy just sits in his hotel room and laughs at it.
Quote #8
The drawings hang in groups, from most to least deserving. There’s a chart here, too, but I can’t decipher it. My companion can’t either. (4.40)
Here Guy is discussing the exhibits of work by animators that are displayed in the hotel. It’s strange that he can’t figure out how merit is decided. He’s an animator, after all. It’s even stranger that his translator cannot either. He’s a Korean animator. Nothing makes sense. Is the judgment of merit as absurd as everything else?
Quote #9
Women are whitewashing the stones that decorate the base of the trees.
“They are volunteers.”
“Huh? Volunteers?”
“Yes, Volunteers.” (4.59-4.62)
The absurdity of the entire regime can be summed up in two words: Mandatory Volunteerism. Need we say more? How do you think these mandatory volunteers feel?