The Convergence of the Twain Themes
Man and the Natural World
Human beings come from the natural world but sometimes we have a bad habit of convincing ourselves otherwise. Usually that kind of convincing involves things like pride and vanity and choosing to i...
Isolation
When we imagine ourselves alone out at sea we're bound to sense some feelings of loneliness and isolation. After all, we live on land and most of our creative endeavors occur on land too, but the s...
Fate
Fate is probably one of the trickiest themes for any writer to tackle, since it usually involves some sort of understanding of an "Immanent Will." But in "The Convergence of the Twain," the speaker...