Discuss the importance of Chicago in the novel. How does the city change based on the different worlds Jason enters, and why are those changes significant to the themes and plot?

In Chapter 8, Amanda tells Jason that Jason2 is a good man who did a terrible thing (180). Based on your reading, is Jason2 a good person who became corrupt in the process of building the box, or was he morally corrupt from the beginning? Support your response with evidence from the text.

Compare and contrast Jason and Jason2. How are they similar, and how are they different?