Water by the Spoonful

In scene Eight when Elliot and Yaz log onto Odessa’s computer impersonating Haikumom. This is the biggest clashing of two worlds in my opinion because its when we first really see the worlds interacting. After Orangutan figures out it is an impersonater, Elliot reveals his true self as her son. After conversing Orangutan brings up Elliot’s drug using, which is a shock to Yaz to hear this news. In a rage Elliot abruptly unplugs the computer and throws the keyboard on the ground. I picked this scene because it has both intersecting story lines and intersecting realities. Here we see Elliot and Yazmin inserting themselves into the cyber reality and that cyber reality in turn affect the real world.

This scene can be used the describe the central motif of dissonance.  This scene is the first time that Hudes discusses Elliot’s addiction which brings a lack of harmony with Yaz. Even more dissonance occurs with the stage directions on page 59, “He throws the keyboard on the ground. He starts unplugging cables violently.” These actions themselves are the dissonance in Elliot’s life. Furthermore when elliot tries to leave the ghost appears to him and blocks him. The ghostly world of his conscience interrupts here making more of a dissonant sound.  Elliot’s interaction with the cyber reality makes more collisions between worlds come more often afterwards. This one moment takes the interactions of the cyber world, the ghostly world, and the real world and makes the dissonance really be heard.