Amy Baron asked this question about Exit West:
What did the man in the closet who watched the woman sleep and then exit through the window have anything to do with the storyline? Also, what about the man in the alley who started to follow the Filipino girls feeling the metal (knife?) in his pocket? Both incidents (which occurred in different parts of the world then where Saeed and Nadia were living) seemed to not have anything to do with the story.
Rae Neill I was puzzled by this at first and was waiting for it to connect to something in the story. However when it didn't I interpreted it as showing us that…moreI was puzzled by this at first and was waiting for it to connect to something in the story. However when it didn't I interpreted it as showing us that life was going on in its own sphere all over the world, a kind of parallel universe.(less)
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