Commentary 10

46. By asking the kahuna about what Haanel just told him, Joe finds out that he has to pick his own technique to learn how to tap into the answers he is being told constantly. And again, he's being told that he's just in a dream, by a figure in his dreams. So maybe he is already learning to listen...

The waves on the beach are a nice little allegory as well.

47. This section, if read carefully, tells you what the Prefect is all about. Sure, he's a bully, and uses threats to control others. It turns out that despite his schedule of lectures and so on, he's been keeping very close track of what Sue and Roger have been doing. This sets the stage for what our Factors figure out later. For now, he's got them boxed into a corner.

48. Here's that "Tanslinsky Method" - which describes how most people (probably not you) make their way through life. Their thoughts are mostly on automatic and filled with catchy tunes and movies they watch. So they don't think for themselves and simply live very entertained lives. This is just the way it is, fortunately or unfortunately.

The talking out loud part is just a way to show that he's being manipulated, since it's completely out of character for Joe. The key phrase is that last sentence.

49. However, we find him quickly sorting this scene out with his kahuna. We see here one solution to the old practice of trying to "quiet the mind" in meditation. For the third or fourth time, we again find reference to just "letting it go", which is Levenson.

50. Of course, by constantly analysing his world-dreams (probably the actual Anomaly, come to think about it) he now winds up back in his adventure dream.

You can almost hear the theme music well and fade in the background. Some of this seems just too corny. But then, he's watching movies in one of his dreams, isn't he?

We meet Alphonse, who is a classic Latin.  I was surprised he didn't kiss her hand - but the breakfast arrived at that point.

This section, like many of the adventure segments, is overlong, but gives us a break from some of the others. It fills in data as well. You see that this is heavily modelled on the Spielburg's Jones character.

However, you also see that Doreen continues to be a strong character on her own.