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What do Mal’s continued appearances in Cobb’s dreams symbolize, in your opinion? Provide examples from the film and an explanation to support your answer. I think that Mal symbolizes Cobs guilt that he has for Mal's death.  She ends up showing up in all of the dreams hat he is in to try and distract him. I believe that she does this because he blames himself for her suicide and it's a self punishment he holds on to bad venison's of Mal. This then is Cobb's self conscious telling him that he should have been more mindful of Mal. For example in the beginning of the movie she is in Saito's self conscious to distract Cobb from his mission. Also parts of the night that Mal died keeps showing up while Cobb and the others are in Fisher's self conscious. Over all, Mal is a symbol of Cobb's guilt of her death.

1. Cobb and his team specialize in manipulating someone’s thoughts or dreams to extract or plant ideas and information. Discuss the different ways you see information manipulated in the world around you. How does the control of information impact perception/reality? Information  is manipulated in the world because they way the news or social media puts out the information. Or some may see the information like the way the majority of the population sees the The control of information can help people stay calm. like the government can keep information hidden so that the country doesn't go  crazy.