One of the single most impactful moments in literature that has stuck with me is discovering why the first book in the Southern Reach is called Annihilation. All the implications and revelations in a single word.
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At the end, I also thought the title seemed ironic, because although Area X changed people into… something else, a small part of them remained. Like the dolphin with the human gaze.
The psychologist uses phrases to control her team via hypnotism. "Annihilation" is a key phrase to induce suicide. Before we learn that, she's startled awake and screams it to the biologist, who is immune.
To editorialize, the use of the word in the movie is kinda "meh" in comparison.
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The psychologist uses phrases to control her team via hypnotism. "Annihilation" is a key phrase to induce suicide. Before we learn that, she's startled awake and screams it to the biologist, who is immune.
To editorialize, the use of the word in the movie is kinda "meh" in comparison.