Correct. The reason why “a classic is a book that never stops saying what it has to say” (Calvino) is that it doesn’t have just one thing to say.
Nathan GoldwagOne of my Crank Theories of Everything is that the kind of work that survives and becomes part of the canon are stories that feature internal contradictions, because that means they have a rich text that can resonate with people in radically different circumstances and contexts.