Deja Vu
When Benji is talking about how the song that he was listening to by WLNG evokes memories of a time that may or may not have happened, I totally relate. We talked about how “Tonight we Improvise” showed how nostalgic the book was in a way that shows the passage of time, but one thing that we neglected to mention was how the song evoked a sort of déjà vu feeling. When the song first comes on, he just gets this feeling like he has heard the song before and it really hits him, but he can’t remember where he heard it. Then, when he is talking to Melanie, he ends up “remembering” the party that was thrown when he was smaller. After that, the song reminds him of the house that his aunt owned, and then it reminds him of this perfect day he had over the summer. “Of course it never happened. But that was WLNG for you. Got you every time” (252). The song taking him down memory lane reminds me of moments where I would be in a certain situation or having a certain conversati...