After the Storm | Critical Discussion
The story takes place in the wake of a catastrophic event and is essentially about the predatory nature of a human being pursuing his own narrowly-defined interests, oblivious to the loss of life that has accompanied his apparent good fortune. The main character is a scavenger, a parasite of sort, who is preoccupied with profiting from a tragedy that has killed hundreds of people. When he sees the dead woman through the steamer’s porthole, the sponger does not reflect upon her death or her life; he merely goes about his business. The irony of the tale is that as we learn more about...
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