Segundo Christine Riding, a obra representa "a falacia da esperanza e sufrimento sen sentido, e no peor, o instinto humano básico de supervivencia, que se sobrepón a tódalas consideracións morais e lanza os homes civilizados cara á barbarie".
The work represents, in the words of Christine Riding, "the fallacy of hope and pointless suffering, and at worst, the basic human instinct to survive, which had superseded all moral considerations and plunged civilised man into barbarism".WikiMatrix WikiMatrix