![]() ![]() He thinks only of putting his mind at ease and rejects notifying anyone else though he almost blurts out the truth when he gets the can of gasoline. ![]() But it's an ineffectual heroism because it's a solitary heroism. He actually pays the house a visit and then comes back to burn the brood. And that name is symbolic not only of the black band of mourning but a social identity that has been eradicated just like redacted text in a document has a black band over it.īlackband may be more heroic than anyone else in the neighborhood. What I think it is now is sort of a rumination on the atomization of modern urban life. Well, it's a simple enough story on one level: man finds monsters living in the city and dies trying to kill them.Īt first, I thought his one was going to be a morality tale about people valuing their pets over the needs of humans. ![]()
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