Society's Control.

What good words can be used to describe our society? How can someone describe this discriminative, oppressive, mechanical world in a positive way? We all live behind a wall fog; a blur that has been placed in our minds, but those who truly see it are those who do not conform society. Society uses their authority to control us and create what they want, and in doing so, it created fog, that so deeply represents our vulnerability. We cannot see beyond that barrier, and we cannot move past it. We only know that we are controlled by it and cannot escape from it. 

Chief makes us doubt on whether he really is a reliable character we should believe in, but what we do know, is that he does exhibit society's cruel manners."I don't fight or make any noise..I hold back the yelling. I hold back till they get to my temples. I'm not sure it's one of those substitute machines and not a shaver till it gets to my temples; then I can't hold back..They start the fog machine again...I cant see six inches un front of me through the fog" (Pg. 7) The fog could be many different things. It could be water vapor, or shaving cream, or the fact that Chief is probably is hallucinating. The problem is that we have to look deeper into it in order to grasp its true meaning. "I heard that the Chief, years ago, received more than two hundred shock treatments." (Pg. 62) Society controls us. The fog represents our  vulnerability, lack of power and authority and how easily we can be molded into shape by society. We as individuals are a piece of play dough, of a giant diorama we call earth. 
 

Unconsciously we are aware of everything that is going on. We grasp everything between our claws like a starved hawk. We just choose not to believe in what we find, and we hide it in the deepest corner of our minds. Even so, we cannot do anything. We are powerless. Chief is powerless, specially in the medical ward. We are all impotent under that while milky fog.