Current Topic: Christopher Boone, says, "Prime numbers are what is left when you have taken all the numbers away. I think prime numbers are like life. They are very logical, but you could never work out the rules, even if you spent all your time thinking about them." (Haddon 12)
I chose to view this quote with a symbolic mindset. First, segmenting the quote, i took Prime numbers. He states that prime numbers are what you get after taken all other numbers away. I believe that "numbers" represent people. After you take away all emotions and characteristics of a person, you're left with the simplest minded person. In this case, that simple minded person is referred to as a prime number.
The second part clearly refers to life as stated by Chris. If we substitute people in as prime numbers, then the new quote reads, “I think people are like life. They are very logical, but you could never work out the rules, even if you spent all your time thinking about it." This would be an example of Absurdism The rules that people can never work out could be the rules of the universe, rules of society, or rules of life. So, we as humanity can speculate for answers in life, but we will never attain true meaning and purpose no matter how much we try.
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