[FONT="]A college student meets a man who stands out from anyone else named Vincent. This Vincent, also called "Dull Eyes", has the ability to manipulate space and is somewhat of a philosopher. It is fairly episodic in nature and Vincent eventually gives the protagonist the option to enter a fake paradise for a temporary time period, which is decided by Vincent. This paradise does more harm than good as that world is absolutely perfect, and to simply leave that world causes people to go mad and become delusional. Paradise is created from what the person’s mind views as “ideal”. They can only stay in that world for short amount of time because staying longer will shatter their minds. Vincent does not want that fate for the protagonist as he grows to like the hero of the story and does not want for her to enter "paradise" and suffer its after-effects as many have done before, as the happiness it offers is not real, and temporary.[/FONT]
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[FONT="] To expand on the themes of the story, what I meant was not for Vincent to sound negative but rather a tragic character. He is a man who thrives on the approval of others, mostly because of the fact that his power makes him lonely and he begins to feel disillusioned about what reality was and what were the worlds he created, which became reality to him.[/FONT][FONT="] He believes after many centuries of living, that he was previously a writer who befriended a prisoner to be executed for murder before becoming immortal. He then remembers that he was not the writer, but the prisoner who wiped out that city after receiving his powers. The prisoner's name was Francois Dullesse, while the writer's name was Vincent. He starts in the beginning as a kind eyed man with amnesia but then remembers he was a sociopathic killer who had wiped out several cities in 18th century France. He becomes that same sociopath who wants to ruin people's minds in the current era.[/FONT]
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[FONT="] [/FONT][FONT="]He knows the fates of those enter "paradise" but cannot say anything because he simply does not want to remain lonely, if only for a limited time. It shows the negative aspects of one who has omnipotence and the isolation one feels when they have it. He divides his own psyche into eight different parts and each controls a part of his world and only hold Vincent’s same power in that realm. Eventually the protagonist’s mind does shatter and she meets Vincent at the bottom of a stairwell that has only one spotlight shining on it. Symbolism is pretty simple there. Eventually, the lives of people ever made contact with Vincent are being ruined by a man who has the exact physical appearance as Vincent. His name is No. 4. It explores the concept of the individual and how unique one can become in such a populous world, the affects of drug addiction, and eventually finding redemption.[/FONT]
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[FONT="] To expand on the themes of the story, what I meant was not for Vincent to sound negative but rather a tragic character. He is a man who thrives on the approval of others, mostly because of the fact that his power makes him lonely and he begins to feel disillusioned about what reality was and what were the worlds he created, which became reality to him.[/FONT][FONT="] He believes after many centuries of living, that he was previously a writer who befriended a prisoner to be executed for murder before becoming immortal. He then remembers that he was not the writer, but the prisoner who wiped out that city after receiving his powers. The prisoner's name was Francois Dullesse, while the writer's name was Vincent. He starts in the beginning as a kind eyed man with amnesia but then remembers he was a sociopathic killer who had wiped out several cities in 18th century France. He becomes that same sociopath who wants to ruin people's minds in the current era.[/FONT]
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[FONT="] [/FONT][FONT="]He knows the fates of those enter "paradise" but cannot say anything because he simply does not want to remain lonely, if only for a limited time. It shows the negative aspects of one who has omnipotence and the isolation one feels when they have it. He divides his own psyche into eight different parts and each controls a part of his world and only hold Vincent’s same power in that realm. Eventually the protagonist’s mind does shatter and she meets Vincent at the bottom of a stairwell that has only one spotlight shining on it. Symbolism is pretty simple there. Eventually, the lives of people ever made contact with Vincent are being ruined by a man who has the exact physical appearance as Vincent. His name is No. 4. It explores the concept of the individual and how unique one can become in such a populous world, the affects of drug addiction, and eventually finding redemption.[/FONT]
