The Passage trilogy readalong discussion
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* PASSAGE DISCUSSION 9: The Passage of Time
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Oh. Now I feel like an idiot. Yeah. Passage of time. Time as a journey. Now I'm going to be sitting in the dark thinking about this instead of sleeping. Thanks for pointing this out. I feel kind of unworthy to be trying to discuss this book when I miss such themes. Maybe I'll go in the corner and hush and let all the smart kids talk. :)
Do you have any thoughts about 'time' being one of the book's central themes? In the last 5-10 chapters the idea of time as journey (or a Passage?) has been really pressed onto the reader.
There seems to be a couple of ideas about time:
One is that it is always moving and pushing you down a path. The wrong path can lead to another wrong path and before you know it you are somewhere you never wanted to be.
The other, however, is that whether you end up, you can change it (or someone else can) within seconds. We see Wolgast go from being a fed to a prisoner to a stay at home dad within a few chapters.
Any other examples / thoughts? :)