Combine

The Combine is mentioned quite a lot in the story that we are reading. Chief uses the combine to portray an image to us, the readers. The Combine, is simply the Chiefs way to represent the higher, more powerful people in society that mow down the individuals that are below them. It is depicted by him as if it is a machine. Each part of this "machine" like force is depended on other types of machines to run this type of civilization, and for it to run smoothly, and thoroughly. The Chief notices this machine, and he is able to see how it is working. He notices the potential of this machine, and how it is able to mow down an individual, and transform him into whatever it wants him to be. He knows that if anyone tries to go against this machine, it will try its best to go after that individual and turn him into practically nothing.

 Anyone can say that anything is run like a combine. A job, a school, a prison, even the world? Yes, all of these could be said to be a combine. All of these things have rules. They also have people who are higher socially, and politically. Like in school, we have rules that we must obey while being inside the facility. When we leave these certain rules will no longer apply to us. We have disciplinary acts in case we do something out of hand. We have things that we must do during the time we are behind the walls of the school. We cannot leave whenever we feel we want to. School is like a combine. Without there being some sort of combine, school wouldn't be as organized, as it is. There would be way too many riots, or students misbehaving.