by Kanakaberaka » April 8th, 2010, 7:58 pm
Synopsis : As Jane rides the train back home to Edgestow she has a debate among her "four selves". When her higher self wins out, she sees all the formerly mundane things around herself in a new light. She has worked her way out to a new enlightenment thanks to the intervention of Mr. Fisher-King. And yet this newfound jubilation comes to an abrupt halt as she arrives at the Edgestow train station to find herself surrounded by turmoil.
The four selves described by Jane appear to be stages in her life. The first seems to be an innocent child who has been won over to the Director's company through sheer wonder. The second Jane expresses an adolescent sense of cynisism about Fisher-King, and hates the first Jane becase of her devotion to him. The third Jane appears to be "born again" in the sense of her childhood self being resurrected to a more mature form. Even though this Jane is more advanced than the first two, she relies on feelings of guilt to get herself to do the morally correct thing. In this case being more attentive to her husband Mark. It takes a fourth Jane to put all the pieces together and experience pure joy in what she has been commanded to do. Something eminating from the Director has rubbed off on her. And now she sees every simple thing around her in a new light. Even the small talk from a wizened old man sharing her compartment becomes a delightful speech. She looks forward to haveing buttered toast when she gets back home. She takes nothing for granted in her life at present. All anxiety about her future has been put aside.
But Jane's simple joy collides against the present reality as she arrives at the Edgestow train station. Jane has no idea what is going on. before she is warned to stay on the train, she finds herself carried away with a rioting crowd of looters! Her wish to walk back home to sandown has been hijacked by the plans of the N.I.C.E.
so it goes...