Moby-Dick concludes as perfectly as any novel ever has: “…then all collapsed, and the great shroud of the sea rolled on as it rolled five thousand years ago.” Despite whatever narrative order humans manage to impose on the world, Melville implies, entropy always dissolves it and returns everything to its chaotic natural state.
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#116: No Hugging, No Learning
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Moby-Dick concludes as perfectly as any novel ever has: “…then all collapsed, and the great shroud of the sea rolled on as it rolled five thousand years ago.” Despite whatever narrative order humans manage to impose on the world, Melville implies, entropy always dissolves it and returns everything to its chaotic natural state.