The central theme of the work is the critique of modern society’s obsession with the "new." In an age of 24-hour news cycles and constant updates, Brown’s story posits that nothing is actually new. The names and dates change, but the stories remain the same. By reading the "full" scope of the Eternal News, the characters—and the reader—are forced to confront the depressing reality that human nature is static.
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