FIR RB# 4
Book Read: The Sandman, vol. 1, Preludes and Nocturnes
Chapter/s read: Chapter 3
Pages: 24
Date read: July 7, 2010
Author: Neil Gaiman
I am truly determined to finish this graphic novel, really. I don't know, maybe it has been my habit to finish something interesting once I started it. Anyway, this is already the third chapter to the story.
The Summary of the chapter read:
The last chapter had talked about how Morpheus--the Sandman--realizes that he must find his three possessions to recreate his Dream Realm and goes back to the Human World once more to locate the first object: The Pouch of Infinite Sand.
The story starts in John Constantine's room, waking up in the morning with the usual blue mood. Doing his morning routines, he reflects that his dreams are becoming more and more despondent that the last time, knowing that he should be used to it by now since ever since he was a child, he had always had nightmares.
Going out in the town, he meets a friend named Mad Hettie, who, in greetings, warns Constantine that the Sandman is back and is around the streets of London. Constantine, however, brushes it off, even though he himself is acquainted with the supernatural forces and walks off from her. Contemplating about the warning, he eventually searched his files about the Sandman. Then, lo and behold, Morpheus appears right in front of him in the doorway when Constantine opens the door.
Morpheus immediately tells him who he is and asks about the pouch, which, according to Morpheus, Constantine bought in a yard sale. Constantine explains that he had bought a certain pouch years ago and that he knew what it contained, knowing it would be dangerous for the pouch to stay in inexperienced hands. Unfortunately, he had lost the pouch and knows nothing of its whereabouts. Speculating it might have ended in his friend Chas's garage, they go there together.
Looking through all the drawers and file cabinets, Morpheus grows tired and tells him that it is not in the place, when Constantine, rummaging through the papers and photos for clues, finds an old photo. In the photo, Constantine was able to remember that he had once went out with a girl named Rachel, who had been with him when he had bought the pouch full of Sand. Deducing that she must know where it is, they go to her place as soon as possible.
Finally getting to her house, Morpheus unlocks the once-locked front door and goes in, and instantly feels the power of the Sand and informs Constantine to be careful. Creeping in through the first door upstairs, Constantine goes in first as he didn't heed Morpheus' warning that something is not right in the room, and instantly hallucinates that he is falling from the sky. Immediately, Morpheus decimates the magic of the Sand in that room and quickly goes to the next one. Sensing the power of the Sand ever more in the next room, they go in--to find Rachel in her room, with her using the Sand's powers as a sort of 'happy drug' to her as she hallucinates in wonderful memories, while her life slowly ebbs away as the Sand uses her life to become real.
Knowing that she will die soon, Morpheus tells Constantine that there is nothing more he could do to the woman, but being stubborn, Constantine tells him to do something, which Morpheus grants. Making him leave the room, Morpheus sprinkles the Sand over her once more, giving her happy thoughts and memories of when she used to be with Constantine, and then Morpheus covers her body with the blanket, dead.
Telling him that Rachel died peacefully, Constantine asks Morpheus one more thing before he leaves. He asks if Morpheus could, at least, help him in making his dreams more bearable as he has been dreaming more awful things than before, in which Morpheus grants. Disappearing in a puff of smoke, Constantine starts to walk back home, singing and humming about a song called The Sandman...
My Insights:
In the story, there has been some change of how Morpheus interacts with a human, who is Constantine. Morpheus, The Sandman, the King of Dreams, is more known to be merciless and with a biased thought of humans to be impudent and a lesser kind than him. But seeing as the author was able to change his personality one notch a bit, Morpheus had appeared almost empathetic to humans, especially to Constantine.
And even though Morpheus was supposed to be someone who hates change, he himself had changed...well, almost.
Anyway, since I still have to read the next chapters, perhaps the Graphic novel can still prove me wrong whether or not Morpheus is a round character or not.
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