Manipulated Living

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The Manipulated Living is a reference as well as a chapter to the book Philosophy of Time Travel, a fictitious novel written by Roberta Sparrow who is a character in the sleeper cult hit, Donnie Darko. The term refers to the people inside of the Tangent Universe that the Living Receiver must interact with in order to close that universe before it produces the cataclysmic destruction of the Primary Universe.

[edit] How the Manipulated Living work in the Tangent Universe

In the book Philosophy of Time Travel, it clearly states that The Manipulated Living, or the people who still reside and live within the Tangent Universe, must interact with the Living Receiver in order to fulfill his/her task of closing the tangent for good. Usually they are close friends or in some instances family of the Receiver. However, in this case since they are being Manipulated so to speak into basically fulfilling the loop of the tangent, the behavior and acts they produce seem to be irrational, bizarre and even violent at times. Nevertheless this only occurs due to the fact that they are clueless to the events transpiring around them in this case. Their only conceivable use is to help the Receiver close the tangent (in a matter that seems to be in an unconscionable state due to their lack of knowledge of the actual situation at hand) for good.

Every other character in Donnie Darko (except for Gretchen, Samantha, Rose and Frank, who are Manipulated Dead) are Manipulated Living. They are vital in ensuring that Donnie sends the Artifact (jet engine) back in time.