The O""Connells, not knowing that son Alex had quit college, felt estranged from him, remarking: "We can""t let Alex become some stranger in pictures on our mantle.There are habitable worlds within reach.We can begin by using the old outposts...Give me control of the Codex.I will ensure the survival of our race." He desired control of he planet""s ""Codex"" [Note: The Codex, or Growth Codex, was a skull hat contained the genetic information for the entire Kryptonian race.Plot SynopsisIn the film""s plot, 20 year-old alcoholic ex-prostitute Anna "Christie" Christofferson (or Gustafson) (24 year-old Greta Garbo), a world-weary and ailing, man-hating Swedish-American, returned home to New York after a long absence (including being raised since the age of 5 on a Minnesota farm by abusive relatives and working in a St." When Wayne told her he had "major hots" for her, she showed him the door.After she took a shower o wash off the body paint, she received just retribution for her sexual behavior.I""ve been a good boy....Please don""t make me deaf, Mama."Freddy""s hand grabbed his face and forced the Q-tip through one ear and out the other, popping out his hearing aid.