I really like your analysis. But rather than falling apart, for me, it reifies the truth of the entire piece. As Tarsul points out elsewhere in the thread, he

I really like your analysis. But rather than falling apart, for me, it reifies the truth of the entire piece. As Tarsul points out elsewhere in the thread, he was a profoundly sad man and killed himself a few years after this speech. At the end of the day, neither the old fish nor the young fish could escape the water.