Domenic Streatfield's Brainwash

             Chapter six of Domenic Streatfield's Brainwash: The Secret History of Mind Control starts off with James and Ray smoking marijuana in Ray's room. As they are smoking the marijuana, they decided to listen to a song called 'Beyond the Realms of Death' by Stained Class. James favorite from Stained Class was 'Beyond the Realms of Death', a poignant anthem of rejection and teen alienation." This quote means that the song describes very dark meanings which describe rejection and teen alienation. In this song, the main subject is about an individual who alienates themselves from everyday life to let himself wonder in his own mind. This part in the chapter is significant because the song contains subliminal messages and while a person is hearing these messages, they are not focusing on the meaning of the lyrics that their conscience is actually taking in. The subliminal message in this song is that a boy alienates himself from the real world, without pain or suffering and dies happily. The subliminal message is that when you die, to die happily.
             In the second scene of chapter 6, James and Ray are once again stoned on marijuana listening to Stained Class. Domenic Streatfield quotes "Ray Belknap-the eighteen-year-old freckle-faced kid who had rushed home to fetch a camera[...]placed the shotgun beneath his jaw, wedged the stock into the ground, and pulled the trigger." While the boys were high, they completely destroyed everything in Ray's home. When Ray's mother came home, they climbed out the window, went to a playground and shot themselves. Ray died, but James was still alive and in intensive care. Why would they do this when they had their whole lives ahead of them? Was it because they were high and did not know what they were doing? The real cause of this disaster was the artist they were listening to while they were high, Stained Class. This part of the chapter is significant be...

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