THE DESTRUCTIVE POTENTIAL OF INCREASING ENTROPY IN MARTIN AMIS’S WORKS
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This article deals with the problem of the entropic decay of the planet and mankind as a result of the destructive tendencies of the second half of the 20th century as depicted in the works of M. Amis. The irreversible and naturally determined process of their self-destruction is embodied in various types of catastrophes including the already established ethical catastrophe which is made manifest in the overall decline of morality. The awareness of self-elimination and of imminent death, results in a feeling of doom, a loss in the meaning of life, and the “death” of love. Defective characters who are incapable of communication, sympathy, kindness, love and forgiveness, suffer from fits of panic, depression, solitude and lack of self-worth. In Amis’s opinion, it is only love that can resist the expansion of entropy and help mankind find a way out of the impasse. However, there is a vicious cycle that presupposes the inability of degraded parents to rear their children properly. They instill their perverted values into them and guide them towards ethical depravity and physiological decay. Thus children cannot be guarantors for the salvation of mankind, which means a total lack of belief in the preservation and survival of future generations and enforces the triumph of increasing entropy.
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