Self-Awakening In David Aames '

Once the characters complete their journey, experience both a physical and psychological awakening. The characters physical wake from their dream world do to some type of stressful event, while also undergoing a self-awakening. David Aames has a self-awakening when he recognizes his world is simulated, and remembers signing the contract for cryogenic freezing. His final moment of self-awakening occurs when he chooses to forgo his virtual world in favor of waking up and reentering reality. The final change in his identity causes his physical awakening when he jumps off the roof of the building and resurfaces in the real world. Unlike David Aames who voluntarily chose to leave the imaginative world, Alice is jolted back into reality when the