"Good-bye, my dearest, dearest friends, Ford keep you!" (the Voice, BNW, page 215)
What in the name of Sam Hill is Ford??? I have been going nuts this entire book, looking for who Ford is, and so far, no dice! Obviously, it is as substitute for "God", and clearly, these people use it in vain. But who or what is Ford? I'm really hoping that it will be explained because so far, I have heard neither hide nor hair of an explanation. I'm going to make a conjecture, and if I am right, I'll give myself the last blog off! Heh heh, just joking! But I will pat myself on the back if my guess is correct; if not, well, it's not the first time that's happened this book! Anyways, my guess is that the Ford figure is like "It" in A Wrinkle In Time. It controls everything, knows everything, and is pure evil. I think Ford is something like that. Alas, we shall have to wait and see.
There are some clues throughout the book as to the identity of Ford. It's an historical figure in American history, specifically in business.
ReplyDeleteFord is the father of mass production and the Model T cars... they honour him because that is exactly what they are tring to strive to represent in the State. They mass produce humans, clothes, transportation and anything that you can think of in the novel.
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