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Unlike the previous installments of octocat, here we see that Octocat is truly in a state of utter sorrow in his separation from his parents. Up until now, Octocat has been an innocent, childlike character who would have lacked the resolve to actually inflict harm unto another. With the box in episode 1, Octocat simply fled in fear, but put himself at ease with a harmless cup of tea. In episode 2, Octocat confronts the fence and his three alter egos, but still did not express aggression.
However, here, we see that placed in increasingly strange worlds, Octocat has greater and greater difficulty in maintaining his innocence as he is forced to deal with complex issues while severed from his parents. Parents would normally provide moral standards for a confused child, but Octocat (being separated from them), is forced to deal with the world himself.
The Avatar of the United States, unlike the fence, mirrors, and box, is an animate nemesis; something which Octocat had yet to encounter, until now. Still, Octocat takes the route of innocence, possibly for the last time. This episode concludes with the antagonistic Blue Eel. The blue symbolizes sadness and conflicts with the red Octocat while the eel feature symbolizes male physical strength (ie: a phallus); gives a look into how a man grows without morals and possible future of Octocat if he does not find his parents.
The eel knows what Octocat is feeling and provokes him, certain that Octocat has maintained some morals and will not be combative, but just run away like times before. But no. Here, we see the transformation of Octocat as he relies his loneliness in the world; Octocat murders the eel in a fit of rage. The question rises whether or not Octocat can truly be recovered from this trauma and return to innocence even if he does find his parents...
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06-19-2008, 10:16 PM
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