Life is a game of Chess

This poem revolves around Shades daughter Hazel's death. The start of canto three right after the discovery of Hazel taking her own life is where shade start to think of I.P.H. (Institute of preparation for the hereafter) or the grand potato. There is a sense in canto three that Shade thinks there is no way we can imagine life after life. And as we discussed in class Shade is the great imaginer and if he can non imagine than no one can. He talks about all the ways that humans might measure the afterlife. Time which he says is always changing and means growth. But he disclaims this measurement by saying "Growth means nothing in Elysian life." He aslo proves wrong our measurement through sentiment. We might think the after life to be a great pond full of dreamy skies when actually it might just be a pond. He says that are human connection will never be the same because they are just not quite the same. But with all that said, Shade still has a romantic view of death and life and life before life. It is all a chess game. It is the excitement and strategie of life that is thrilling and we do not know what the other will do but we play the game anyway and make a move. For the best players in chess are the ones that appreciate the check mate even if it is to their own demise. An example of this is Shade at the end and also men like Steve Jobs and his words "oh wow, oh wow, oh wow."