The man looked at his palm. The flower bloomed red, then black, then red. “Did you ever wonder if the Thinker makes mistakes, the same as people do? Because it doesn’t seem like I’ve turned twenty-one.
I find two thing interesting in this from book to movie. One is the age difference of 21 (book) to 30 (movie.)
Also I found the way the film starts with a new life. Logan 5 and Francis 7 are looking in on a nursery at Logan 6 and celebrating the birth of a new Sandman or what Logan 5 hopes will be a new Sandman.
The book starts on a public transportation vehicle with a man on last day professing his loyalty to the system and how Noble Sandmen are and his appreciation for the sleep houses. He flip flops a little as he laments his coming end, but ultimately he accepts it.
