The Combine

 Combine, not simply the word to describe the putting together of two or more ideas or objects. The Combine is the power at be. It is what controls and manipulates everyone in our society. It is where all the wires lead, where everyone is connected and controlled.
Everyone is molded to how the Combine likes it. Every path planned and watched through machines. Only a few can’t be controlled, “being simple like that put him out of the clutch of the Combine. They weren’t able to mold him into a slot.”(52), and when you cant be controlled or you break down and start to loose connection they send you to the Asylum for the nurse and the “Black Boys” to watch over you.
The nurse is the Combines inside boss, the manipulating controller on the inside of the asylum. Wires and cameras in the walls and in all of the machines lead to her room so that she can sit and watch over everyone.  When there is a problem she just sends the “Black Boys” to fix it. The nurse is just one of the Combine layers within the larger Combine.
The Combine controls and manipulates society to the way it likes it, forcing everyone to abide by its rules and no one else’s. People believe they are free but in reality you have never been in control.