You Don't Know What You Got 'Til It's Gone

          The world in a work of art shapes the person the character becomes when the character either adapts to the world, or refuses to adapt to their surroundings. While watching Silence of the Lambs, we see Hannibal Lecter placed in a sort of underworld. In the cell underground, he is deprived of all sunlight and views that one normally overlooks daily. To adapt to this world, Hannibal generates images from memory and places them on his walls. He modifies the world he now is forced to reside in by creating his own windows with fantastic landscapes. When Clarice Starling motions to the wall and asks if Hannibal drew the picture of Florence from memory, Dr. Lecter smiles and says he had. When Clarice mentions that she needs Dr. Lecter's help to solve the Buffalo Bill case, Dr. Lecter says that he will help her if she agrees to transfer him to a prison where we he could have a window that had a view. This request seems so small and trivial to someone on the outside, but means the world to Dr. Lecter. Dr. Lecter has modified his priorities being in the cell, not having a view has become such a huge loss. It makes me think that people overlook so much in life and gain a new appreciation for things when they are taken away. I doubt Dr. Lecter thought he would miss the outside so much. It's like the saying, "you don't know what you have, until it's gone."