ion, fame, and adventure. In the process of trying to escape the meaninglessness of an existential reality, Homer loses himself in the process. West makes this point clear in one scene where Homer’s hands are depicted as not being of himself, “He got out of bed in sections, like a poorly made automaton, and carried his hands into the bathroom. He turned on the cold water. When the basin was full, he plunged his hands in up to the wrists. They lay quietly on the bottom like a pair of strange aquatic animals. When they were thoroughly chilled and began to crawl about, he lifted them out and hid them in a towel” (West, 267-268).
Marias (26) also suggests that the whole façade of Los Angeles is geared to trivialize death and existential reality, “Los Angeles cries to make death disintegrate and vanish.” T
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