This variation of Mad World by Gary Jules I think really fits with the book. The lyrics, "all around me are familiar faces..." at the beginning of the song, really seemed accurate to the Chief and his fishbowl-like perspective. It's very appropriate to the quote when the Chief says, "I've seen a million faces like it" (78)
This is a great song - and it ties really well into the novel. It reminds me of the passage right before the Chief joins the vote to watch the baseball game, where he's describing the faces floating by. It also ties into the essentially pointless world manufactured for these patients by the "Combine."
ReplyDeleteI agree that this song has really good Combine imagery in the sense that everyone repeats their mundane tasks daily without a real purpose other than following what they've been taught to do.
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