The similarities between sand and people

I found the most interesting part of this chapter to be the metaphor between sand and people. It is something I had never come across before. Usually, we do not think of sand and consider it's components, but analyzing this metaphor helps understand it. Sand is made up of many different components and they are each different. This is what makes it similar to humans. The entire human population can be split. We usually look at these things in the romantic understanding of sand in general or the entire human population. Classical understanding analyzes and begins to split both up due to differences. Sand particles are different colors, representing the different races. There are different sizes of particles, just like there are different people. Some are shorter, others taller. These things then result in the creation of an opinion, which leads to distortion to clarity we have when we are younger. This process never ends. There is always something separate to differentiate by, and sooner or later there is one person in each group because each person or sand particle is unique. I found this interesting, especially because it ties in so well to what we have been discussing in class. This chapter even included the IQ scale and helped the reader understand who Phaedrus is because he had an IQ of 170. He fit the description of the stereotype of being introverted and socially awkward, which we also discussed in class. I thought this was a coincidence that helped me understand the novel much more.