"What are we renewing? From what to what? How long-suffering is the transition?" (Herrera 32)
-This is an interesting quote because it shows you Herrera's deeper more thoughtful, less eclectic side. He is talking about life after death..."rising from the ashes", being reborn. His question for his friend Victor, that he is writing this letter to is why would you need to be renewed? After death why would you want to have to be turned into something else, and how long would this transition be. For Herrera that renewal is a painful idea, so why stand all that suffering for so long? What then is the point of death in the first place??
"What have we learned from our Capitalism? The decapitation of our joys? The desire for simulations of consciousness?" (Herrera 43)
-Here, Herrera is trying to figure out why America is the way it is. The societys that put aside all of their joys and livelihoods for this normal persona, this Capitalist ideal. Why do people have to constantly pretend to always be in the now and care about the now, the "consciousness"? This consciousness is the reason for people never seeing what they truly want, the reason people always put it on hold as if it doesn't matter. Why do they have to pretend to want these mundane things that "simulate consciousness" and make you believe you're part of some wonderful fast paced world???
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