Edward_R_R
The beginning of the chapter had a good scenario due to the factory and its repetititve work allied to the poor domestic conditions of the characters, kind of a sad and dark Chaplin's Modern Times. The mystical touch about the deities is a good addition, because it allows to develop a more complex and divided world, especially in the festival part and its meaning. It's like a prequel to the Russian Revolution, but with deities. The conclusion of the chapter makes an interesting conection with the prologue, even more with the devastating background of the character we're following. It reminds me a lot of the classic soviet movie "Come and See" (1985), another devastating story about a boy losing his family and, at the same time, he has to face a war.