This song, Iron Man, by Black Sabbath relates to the book, Ship Breaker. Both the story and the song are futuristic. The book is a science fiction story set in the future, and the song feels futuristic too. Both are dark and dramatic. In the story, the characters are rough and hard. They are fighting for their survival. Everyday, they are working to get enough to eat and wake up - alive - the next day. They know at any moment they could be discarded by their society - too big to navigate the ships to pull copper and other metals or too small or weak to work the heavy crew.
The song is loud and powerful. It gives you a feeling of power and strength. There is nothing soft or wimpy about it. Throughout the book, the characters are faced with a rough life. They work in hard and dangerous jobs, fight off the madness that drugs and alcohol have on some of the people, and basically fight for their survival on a daily basis. This song came to me immediately when I thought about the book.
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