When Jack first arrives at his private lake house, he puts the "Lays of Ancient Rome" book he retrieved from the ruins of the New York Public Library on top of another book, which is shown to be a copy of the novel "A Tale of Two Cities" by Charles Dickens. Both works of literature are about people gaining freedom from oppression, fitting in with the theme of the film. "A Tale of Two Cities" and "Oblivion" also both end with a ruse being performed by the main characters. "A Tale of Two Cities" is also about two men who look "nearly identical" in love with the same woman, one is her husband and the other a family friend. Set during the French Revolution, the friend takes the place of his doppelganger, the husband of the woman he loves, to save him from the guillotine and dies in his place so the couple can escape and live. This is also reflected in this film.

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