Fred Daniels and Peyton Farquhar

I feel like in the same way for both of them, Farquhar’s fantasy and Fred’s underground cave both serve as an escape and see the world through a different lens. As Farquhar conceptualized his escape, he began to notice nature in all of its beauty. He notices the colors and the insects, the way the water moves, how the gravel feels, and how the stars look at night. I think through his escape he found a new appreciation for nature while Fred found how meaningless trivial possessions were. While underground, money was reduced to paper, a gun was just a trinket, diamonds were just rocks. I think in their last moments, they both longed to live their lives authentically.