Infinite Limits

Quick Design

          Through the use of the number six, Macnab discusses a transference method called lateral diffusion, or the spreading from one node, or person, to another. It is supposed to portray the way in which gossip, jokes, rumors, diseases, corporate communications and computer circuitry move through space with very fast, two dimensional speed. This not only embodies the idea of quickness, it portrays the quickness that is described throughout the life of Dolly. Her main issue throughout this literary work is her constant fear of the spread of disease, mainly cancer. She is convinced that everything around her, including trees and cars, are infected with cancer and that she is the only one who can find a cure to fix everything.  

          This can also relate to the idea of the six degrees of separation where it is believe that any two people could be connected through no more than five others. In other words, if this theory is true, Dolly believes that because so many people are connected through others, that diseases spread even faster and to even more people in Dolly City.