The Infinite Sea Title Analysis

The title of The Infinite Sea is used as differing metaphors profusely throughout the story. Rick Yancey obviously chose to title his book after these abundant metaphors because they were important to the story. The title is a superb reflection of the book and relates to the characters, the audacity that the survivors have and what the world had become since the aliens’ invasion of Earth. Firstly, the use of ‘the infinite sea’ relates to many of the characters, but it relates one character in particular. Evan Walker thinks of a metaphor every time he sees Cassie. “And then, behind him, the last one, the final star, the one he carried across an infinite sea ☺ (Metaphor) of white, the one he’d found worth dying for, opened fire” (Yancey 104).
There is no fast means of transportation, no immediate communication, and no civilization. Even if the aliens were to get into their mothership and leave, nothing would ever be the same. They would never get the working civilization that the developed world had before they arrived because the damage had already been done. Unlike how the survivors would cross an infinite sea for their own survival, the infinite sea that the entire world has crossed since the arrival cannot be crossed by going back. “Electromagnetic pulses. Giant metal rods raining from the sky. Viral plague… Armies of brainwashed children… Why bother with any of it when all you need is a very, very big rock?” (Yancey 203). In the survivors’ minds, like the meteor that is presumed to have killed off the dinosaurs, the Others’ attacks have proven to be just as deadly, but unnecessarily and insidiously planned. ☺ (Simile) Just as the dinosaurs inevitably died shortly after the meteor struck Earth, the Others’ have metaphorically sent the asteroid to Earth and it has made impact. All that the survivors can do is revel in the past. To conclude, the survivors of the invasion will never be able to have life as they once did because too much damage has already been done to the