1. What, in your opinion, is “the Void” ? (Philosophically speaking that is…)
2. What do Joe and Simon believe? Under what paradigm do they function?
3. Time after time Joe sees his world ending. Not only does Joe face and often accept certain physical death, he eventually experiences the loss of his ego/personality. (“I lost me.”) Ultimately, are these really do different things or not? Explain.
Another way to think of this is that if the “you” that cares about dying ceases to exist, then is it replaced by something else or is physical death no longer a concern?
4. The last thought that Joe experiences before being discovered is that he simply does not want to die alone. (Being sure that he will indeed die alone is when he loses his “me.”) Do you see this as a universal need or specific to Joe?
5. Joe seems to have accepted the experience and moved on with his life, yet Simon is stuck with the label of “the one who cut the rope.” Why do you think this is?
