But someone else mentioned maybe Guwon and Jinwoo were part of the same experiment and it got me thinking. Maybe that’s part of the issue with Teach’s memory distortion/recall and killing intent while sleeping. It’s a side effect, the same as how Guwon clearly operates on a very intellectually elementary basis and holds killing intent/lack of emotional connection to the world around him.
Additionally, if you correlate these characters to the myth of Sisyphus, we already view Guwon as Sisyphus (significance of the boulder scene) so could Jinwoo potentially be Death? Has Guwon “chained him” somehow (I’m looking at those rings) and unless he corrects this then the world can’t be healed? Maybe they were keys to the cure for what caused the calamity.
I also had the thought that maybe it’s the opposite; Guwon is Death and Jinwoo is Sisyphus. Sisyphus was known for being clever to the point of arrogance- which was his downfall- and that fits more aptly to Teach. He holds this vague ideal that he can be two step ahead of Guwon just because he’s illiterate (hubris) and naively joins the schemes of the dissatisfied townspeople to overthrow the very system sustaining them. Because HE (and that group) believe they know better. I can easily see it collapsing in on him when Death comes to collect; he will inevitably face the punishment waiting for him.
I don’t know, just thoughts. Love it when a plot comes around that has you constantly guessing!
But someone else mentioned maybe Guwon and Jinwoo were part of the same experiment and it got me thinking. Maybe that’s part of the issue with Teach’s memory distortion/recall and killing intent while sleeping. It’s a side effect, the same as how Guwon clearly operates on a very intellectually elementary basis and holds killing intent/lack of emotional connection to the world around him.
Additionally, if you correlate these characters to the myth of Sisyphus, we already view Guwon as Sisyphus (significance of the boulder scene) so could Jinwoo potentially be Death? Has Guwon “chained him” somehow (I’m looking at those rings) and unless he corrects this then the world can’t be healed? Maybe they were keys to the cure for what caused the calamity.
I also had the thought that maybe it’s the opposite; Guwon is Death and Jinwoo is Sisyphus. Sisyphus was known for being clever to the point of arrogance- which was his downfall- and that fits more aptly to Teach. He holds this vague ideal that he can be two step ahead of Guwon just because he’s illiterate (hubris) and naively joins the schemes of the dissatisfied townspeople to overthrow the very system sustaining them. Because HE (and that group) believe they know better. I can easily see it collapsing in on him when Death comes to collect; he will inevitably face the punishment waiting for him.
I don’t know, just thoughts. Love it when a plot comes around that has you constantly guessing!