![]() The novel is playing off a John of Patmos vibe with this ending, but like most of the Christian imagery in the novel, there's a twist to the proceedings. Just like those characters, you too must venture into the unknown hanging out at the end of this book and see what you find there. ![]() The novel forces you to become a Jan Rodricks or Jeffery Greggson. But that's what the unknown is ultimately all about: exploring things you might not have the answers to and figuring it out for yourself. ![]() ![]() How you'll interpret the ending-happy or sad, triumphant or tragic, an act of deliverance or damnation-will depend largely on how you read the novel up until the end, and the answers you come up with for the many unanswered questions scattered throughout the text. We don't want to oversimplify things, but the word unknown really does do an excellent job of summarizing this dense final chapter. Humanity has joined an unknown species named the Overmind to venture into the unknown reaches of space for an unknown purpose.Īll that is familiar is destroyed: The Earth explodes and becomes food for the new species civilization is kaput and people as we know them-five fingers per hand, two eyes, the works-become extinct. When it comes down to it, the ending of Childhood's End is all about the unknown. ![]()
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