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The narrative traces a prominent military figure moving through a cold, rain-sodden city and the social landscape that surrounds him. Episodic scenes contrast his insulated, ritualized world of ceremony and rank with the daily hardships of veterans, clerks, and impoverished pedestrians. Through close urban description and interpersonal encounters, the work examines social inequality, emotional isolation within authority, and the grinding atmosphere of a metropolis marked by bureaucratic formality and human suffering.
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