| Pitr's attempt to break out of his daily routine is hindered by the eternal drama of human language: His guides, experienced Virgilios, speak and he replies; however, real communication is impossible.
The impossibility of escape is underlined by the destination: The outsider figure Pitr takes a trip to a tiny crowded patch in empty space - an Earth en miniature, one could say - and what's worse, the other inhabitants are likely to treat him as little more than cargo; a situation that is exacerbated by the communicative breakdown mentioned above.
Pitr's everyday colleagues, who are content to remain on the surface of things (things like Earth, that is), emphasize the tragedy by making fun of Pitr's amateurish yet persistent attempts to forge his own identity. It becomes obvious that Pitr's situation cannot change much, no matter how far he travels: On earth as in space, he is misunderstood and lonely. We shall leave it to the Lacanians in the audience to trace the relation between this situation and his burning desire to rule everybody else's world although he is unable to control his own fate. |
