A space version of Homer's epic, finds himself by looking for his father. Nine Planets is not another New York London and Shanghai.
Roy's father is obviously paranoid. Paranoia has made him great in space, and paranoia has also become an excuse for him to abandon his family and kill the crew. Roy's lack of fatherly love led to his adulthood paranoia, copying his father's behavior, indifference and high rationality , abandoning his family to start a career, (unintentionally) killing the crew and pushing himself to the edge of the universe (symbolizing the edge of humanity), from the side, it can be said that Roy's father should have experienced a childhood lack of parental love, resulting in obsessive-compulsive disorder and other behaviors out of tune. "Churchill's Black Dog" also talks about the lack of a sense of self-worth in childhood, which leads to looking for a sense of worth in adulthood. Roy's father has gone to the extreme in this regard (at least physical distance), and he has reached the solar system. The edge, this is the limit that humans can set foot in. When there is no extraterrestrial life in the solar system, so that he has no external force to prove himself, his self-worth is annihilated, and suicide is the most suitable choice. In fact, he self-exiled into space and permanently isolated human beings from the earth is already another form. Suicide, until discovered by his son, had to end it all with physical annihilation.
In the epic journey of seeking his father, Roy has come to understand that, first, he needs to cherish the lover by his pillow, not the unreachable, indifferent and selfish father, who is just a symbol. Second, he inherited his father's genes, but he doesn't have to be like his father. The power of adulthood is to heal the wounds of childhood.
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