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Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Ambient music

This is the link to the ambient music that I selected for the first five chapters of "The Village by The Sea"
http://cantonbecker.com/music/white-noise-sleep-sounds/ambient.html
After going to this link, click on "Girl in the Bubble" at the bottom half page to download the song.

Do you know why I choose this piece of music? The main reason is that the tempo and rhythm of this music suits Lila's feelings at the beginning of the story. She was at her wits end, not knowing how to get out of her family's crisis.

The slow pace is like her thinking process, figuring out what to do next. The music is also very grave, which suits her depressed mood. As the song's title suggests, she is like a girl in a bubble, waiting to burst the bubble to start a new life. The music does not have a solid ending, which leaves many questions without closure, just like her life in the first part of the book.

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