Cabbage Disaster

Argument A: The harness represents how much Simon has lost his autonomy and how trapped he is in his circumstances. Even in his most bare form, he cannot exist for himself; the value of his life is determined by the people around him.

There's something about the symbolism of the pendant and the window in Iron Lung that won't leave me alone.

There is no practical reason for a window to be part of this submarine. Even Ava points out that you cannot see through the blood without an X-ray camera. The window exists so the others can look in at the convicts - the only things that give them hope for the future.

The seed pendant seems to fill a similar role. It doesn't serve any real purpose, but Simon clings to it like a lifeline. It's a symbol of hope and life, despite the overwhelming odds against it.

Simon is trapped in the Iron Lung, just like the seed has been sealed behind glass. Neither of them can live in that environment, but they were placed inside anyway in the hopes that they will create a brighter future.

And this may tie in with the line, "An ignorant god sees a sliver of our universe through a pinhole and thinks it understands all that is and all that will be."

But these thin panes of glass cannot last when they try to hold something that has a greater purpose.

A seed can never sprout, and a convict can never touch the outside world until they break the prisons created by their ignorant gods.