Culture Connection

"What made the tape so special for me was this one particular song:track number three, 'Never Let Me Go'." pg 70

Not so long ago I was blogging my little heart out about the novel Brave New World. On my fourteenth blog, titled "Oh Brave New Ironic World" wrote about the allusion to Shakespeare that was made in the title of book. In addition, the allusion was explained in the novel; or rather the irony of the allusion was explained. Coming to page 70 of the second book, Never Let Me Go, I noticed again how the title of the novel was included in the book. Both books share that fact that the title is not arbitrarily assigned, but is a part of the book. In both cases, the allusion was made to the artsy side of culture. In Brave New World, the allusion was to literature. In Never Let Me Go, the allusion was to a recording artist, Judy Bridgewater. These cultural allusions not only became the titles, but also summarized the main themes of each work.