Frank and April Wheeler are trapped in suburban entropy so complete that it has become indistinguishable from death. April’s plan to move to Paris is a mutiny of breathtaking audacity: she will work, he will find himself. But the novel’s genius is in showing how entropy fights back. Frank’s promotion, April’s pregnancy, the slow gravitational pull of "responsibility"—entropy reasserts itself. When April attempts a final, desperate mutiny (self-induced abortion), it kills her.
In long-term storylines, entropy manifests as boredom or taking each other for granted. Without the "heat" of active engagement, the relationship disorganizes. mutiny vs entropy sexfight top