" She looks bored and scorns his advances and attentions, preferring instead o watch the parade.He persists and prays to the rival goddess before kissing her lightly on the neck: "Ishtar, goddess of love, seven imes seven I bow to thee.A ferris wheel spinning in the background reflects the spinning within Willie""s head.To recover before he is due to give his canned talk, Willie sits in a playground swing where other children are playing, where Burden urges him to drink coffee (and a generous amount of bourbon).In a sub-plot, Jack""s compass - which only worked when the user knew what he wanted - pointed back and forth between Jack and Elizabeth - reflecting their romantic tension and feelings.]Peter, like another ""father-less"" passenger, has also purchased a ticket for the crowded night bus ride to New York, traveling on the bus because he is down-and-out and broke, and that is the only fare he can afford.