Christopher Boone, says"Prime numbers are what is left when you have taken all the numbers away. I think prime numbers are like life. They are very logical, but you could never work out the rules, even if you spent all your time thinking about them." (Haddon 12)I agree with this quote. Prime numbers are something that occur when you don't appear to have any rules. Life, too, really has no rules that it follows that we can figure out. I don't know of anyone who has figured out how to live life to its absolute, scientific maximum, nor do I know of anyone who knows what that limit is. There are many people who have tried to figure it out, but no one really has, which is why we search for things such as the Holy Grail and the Fountain of Life.
In theory, though, life is logical. We know what we should do to live a longer life and to have our bodies in great condition. However, we find it hard to deny ourselves the thrills that we could live through, such as bungee jumping or sky diving or other "risky" activities that we do purely to get the adrenaline rush. Prime numbers, too are logical. There is a way to get them, but it takes a long time, just like life. Both take a long time to figure out, and we are still figuring both out to this day and we will be for years to come.
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