p. 305

This page shows a pretty large change for S in regards to his view of identity.

The ship, representative of the Ship of Theseus paradox, continues to change, but S stops caring about the “repairs, replacements, and refittings that have altered the ship-scape” (305).  While earlier he had been obsessed with how his identity changed, as well as how the ship changed, this new stance on the ship shows his acceptance of who he is.  He, like the ship has changed, but he his identity has not changed at all.  Just as S has not changed “the ship is the ship it is” (305).  While the ship’s features have changed, as pointed out earlier, its essence remains the same.Illegal_export_of_rosewood_004

However, while this acceptance seems blissful, it also eliminates the action and interesting details.  Straka’s writing shifts to a rather boring tense on this page as he describes the world but zero action takes place.

The painful drone, however, which fills the sky is very hard to analyze at this point.  We can see though that S is separated from the sailors who have plugged their ears and can not hear the drone.  Perhaps this pertains to S’s suffering with identity which the sailors do not have to endure.