Putting aside the structure and motifs of the work, I'm largely left struggling with myself about how each narrative reconciles itself with the duality of human nature. At one end of the spectrum, the "hunger" of humanity seeks to dominate its environment at its base elements (power, knowledge, survival, etc..), whilst at the other end the 'soul' of humanity (or whatever you might call it...) yearns for some higher purpose that makes our lives worth living in the end (freedom, truth, legacy fulfillment, love, etc...). In my mind so far, the highs and lows of the human experience is a mixture of these dual, but not mutually exclusive forces.
