Wow! I found Chloe’s script to be extremely compelling. What a great way to take a look at this mortal existence. When we think of hair, we don’t always think about it being a living part of us, we think of it as something that is dead and something that we can get rid of if we want because it will always grow back. Why is it so hard for us to think about death in this same way?
So what I’m thinking is that Chloe was using hair as a symbol for our carnal selves and how we literally need to cut ourselves off from it if we are to be free and happy. Other’s I think mistakenly see this as death of sorts; they feel sorry for us because we can no longer take part in worldly things but we know that we are better off because we were ready for the change. We were tired of the fight and see that the worldly fun was becoming more pain and regret then pleasure.
I love how in the end Grace floats away…I know some might find that ending cheesy but I liked it. I thought that it was wonderfully able to show how there are many different deaths in our existence and they should all be seen as being wonderful because they are always a start of a new journey on a new road to better places.
I like the way you looked at Grace's death. It was a new journey. That helped me a lot in understanding this story. I was sitting on my bed after reading that script thinking, "What? Why does she suddenly not care about the boy she's been crushin on anymore? She's totally cool with floating away and leaving?" But check it out, now (In light of what you wrote) it seems like she was no longer attached to the world. She was moving on from this life to another life. She was only looking forward, not backward, even though she was totally crushin on that dude a minute ago. Thanks for the insight!
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