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I think it's sad that Red didn't truly know who he is, and its unironic that the book works as a character study. We are subjected to his thoughts, words, monologues, it is laid bare but Red can't make sense of it all. Despite how many pages are just him talking, he never gets a resolution. Its just a ploy of the zone that molded him to be like that, aimless, floating on a place what defies human understanding.

So far it works like a character study. Red is presented as this hardened guy all over the years despite his young age. He casually smokes, drinks and works as a Stalker but even then, the Zone has has surprises to share, it is after all incomprehensible, but what's interesting is the Zone is treated as this vehicle to reveal more of Red's thoughts, ideas and perspective is, and how his relations with people work.