Friday, February 28, 2014
4000 Miles
The most striking motif in Herzog's 4000 Miles was the mention of Micah's death. It comes up quite a lot in the play. Not much is revealed about Micah, but we know that he and Leo were very close, and that his death has much to do with why Leo is staying at his grandmother's house. Leo reveals that Micah died on their trip biking across the United States. After his death, Leo immediately kept on biking instead of attending his friends funeral. I think Leo did this for several reasons. He didn't want to face the death of his friend, but also he felt he owed it to Micah to finish what they had started.
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If I would have mentioned Micah's death I would have argued the same thing. I think you would find it interesting that I mentioned that the word "Whaddayacallit" was so symbolic to the relationship to Leo and Vera because Leo understood her usage of the word even though he still wondered about what she wanted to fill the blank with.
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