The Prisoner, #6, is in a constant relentless fight to hold on to his personal identity, to not get broken down into accepting his loss of freedom, and thus becoming Their #6. It is a much larger issue than consumerism. It about an individual's soul resisting assimilation, and thus personal death. And the fact that #1 is revealed in the end to be #6 says that it is at heart an internal struggle more than external.<span></span><div>
<br></div><div>David Morris<br><br>On Thursday, April 3, 2014, <<a href="mailto:kelber@mindspring.com">kelber@mindspring.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div><font color="#000000"><font><font face="arial,sans-serif">David, what warning did you hear? Not asking this to be argumentative, I really want to know, because he wasn't always clear. McGoohan was particularly obscure about the use of Dem Bones in the final episode. He said something to the effect that it was a natural choice, because a lost young man would be looking to make connections. But I didn't get a clear sense whether he meant that "making connections" is a subversive act (which is how I think Pynchon means it), or whether that's the lost young man's way of reconnecting with the powers that be.</font></font></font><div>
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<br>Subject: Re: NP: The Prisoner
<br><br>Thanks Laura. Although the warning I heard doesn't exactly match yours, it is a great interview with a true artist.<span></span><br><br>On Wednesday, April 2, 2014, <<a href="javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','kelber@mindspring.com');" target="_blank">kelber@mindspring.com</a>> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Found this nice 1977 interview with Patrick McGoohan. The Prisoner was a warning about the consumer society, and its destruction of individuality. Easy to extrapolate to what McGoohan would have thought about the internet.<br>
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WiIUnCMpGbM" target="_blank">The Prisoner Puzzle ( with Patrick McGoohan )</a><br>
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