Station Eleven

Miranda notes with annoyance how her abusive boyfriend overuses the metaphor of "The Machine," often using phrases like “lost in the machine.” Often this is combined with a reference to the metaphorical "Man," as in “That’s how the Man wants us, just trapped right there in the corporate machine.” This metaphor juxtaposes how Pablo feels about Miranda's corporate job with how she feels about it; he sees her time at the office as selling out, while she draws peace from it.