07-29-2016, 09:06 PM
It might be interesting to replace the fist "Life" with DNA. The first four lines then state a pure scientific fact.
I'd leave "Life" unchanged in the second last line, allowing the word to encompass both the physical reality of the selfish gene which wants to continue itself, and the more abstract meaning of life as a lived experience that wants to pass on a family name, heritage, and countless other things beyond the grave.
I'd leave "Life" unchanged in the second last line, allowing the word to encompass both the physical reality of the selfish gene which wants to continue itself, and the more abstract meaning of life as a lived experience that wants to pass on a family name, heritage, and countless other things beyond the grave.
~ I think I just quoted myself - Achebe