- In 10 when Blake shoves himself away from the computer why is he shivering? Why is it significant that the last word is "Mom?"
Blake is so engrossed in this video game that he does not acknowledge his own mother. He doesn't seem to respect his mother. He won;t even call her mom. He does not acknowledge her existence. And when he does it is in a half hazard way. There seems to be some animosity between Blake and his mother. It is just the two of them in the house. The father is not around.
The most interesting part of this scene is the fact that Blake's mother is Barbara but he keeps calling her Joy. They don't really explain why he does this. But it is very possible that he is so engrossed in the game that he is losing his sense of reality. He may be referring to his mother by the name of a character in the story. In the scene we sort of lose a sense of what is real and what isn't also. I think Blake comes to a realization that he is losing this sense of reality. It frightens him to a point where he starts to worry. This is possibly why he pushed away from the computer. And this fear drives him to finally have this need for his mother. this is why he referred to his mother at the end as "Mom".
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