The authors point is made clear with the character of cob and the way he deals with his issues of the past. With the character of cobb. Cobb and his wife were experimenting with the concept of a dream within a dream. However it all went wrong and they ended up being sent into limbo, an unconstructed dream space, where they were stuck together for many years. Cobb's wife, started to believe that limbo was their reality, and did not want to leave. In order to escape cobb planted an idea …show more content…
In order to understand why cobb has jailed his own memories, so they would never be forgotten. The death of mal was a very traumatic experience for cob, and also adding to the fact he was forced to leave the country without his kids. Both of these events caused lots of suffering on their own, and with them happening so close together increased the agony and pain he was dealing with. In his mind the only way to ease the agony was to Live in the past and try and ignore his own reality. This clearly proves that like the rest of society the best way to ease pain and suffering is to live in the