Reading The Octopus | Alexandria
Read The Octopus by Frank Norris. Shattering expectations, Norris's octopus emerges not as a creature but as capitalism incarnate, exposing how blind market forces devour individual agency. His radical insight? The real monsters aren't corporations, but our own complicity in systems we claim to resist. This 1901 epic haunts us with questions about free will that feel more urgent than ever.