Blog Entry #3 Musical Composition

This piece of music is written and performed by Christopher Gluck and Elizabeth Woo. I chose this piece of music because it has a sad tone to it which is the tone of the setting in the book, "The Compound". The characters inside the book feel that they will never be granted the ability to see the outside world ever again. This piece sets an exact tone of the setting in the book. The character, Eli, would give anything to be released from the compound to see his brother. He knows that is impossible since his brother is dead, or so he thinks. The other family members are feeling what Eli is feelings but they don't show it. Eli shows his form of depression by growing is hair really long and letting it dangle over his eyes.

There is lots of mixed feelings within the characters. Eli never had a father who played ball with him or even have a little conversation with him. His own father wanted to keep him and his family imprisoned in a place of sorrow. Eli and the other family members didn't know what to think when they had escaped and their dad went back inside the compound that exploded just shortly after he retreated back inside. I believe that this piece contains an appropriate tone for this story.