Quote: I do get the part about the beam of light coming from him and it dying down when he turns into "poor me." But I can't make the leap to the above analogy.
Sometimes it seems like Rig is saying "Poor me. I am a wimp." and sometimes it seems like he is saying "Poor me. My wife is so mean." but really he is saying the same thing whether he is feeling sorry for himself or feeling resentment towards his wife. He is like the kid who lost a fight with his mother and when she offers the olive branch of a plate of cookies, he chooses to punish her by not eating the cookies. Instead of standing up for himself like a man, he chooses to sulk like a baby. I know I confuse things with my mixed analogies but consider, in contrast, the boy who when chastened by his mother for bad behavior chooses to shape up and clean the garage and then say to his mother jokingly "I hope there will be some cookies in this for me.". This is a cr*p analogy because I don't mean to imply that Rig should obey his wife, just that he should either take his lumps like a man or really stand up for himself if he believes that he is in the right and in either case demand some delicious cookies too because he deserves them.
"Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?" - Mary Oliver
