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elizabeth · 3940 days ago · link · · parent · post: Scifi club: Roadside Picnic discussion/suggestions for club #2
Definitely has a lot to resemblance to Chernobyl. It's crazy how fiction predicts the future so accurately sometimes. His attitude towards the Zone is very much how a lot of people saw the USSR. There is this word in Russian "родина" which roughly translates to "motherland" that I find encompasses the general feeling I get from this story. He can't leave because it's his motherland that he loves to hate. It reminds me of this old russian joke: A little worm asks his mom "mom, is it nice to live in an apple?" "yes, it is" "is it nice to live in a cherry?" "yes of course it is" "then why are we living in shit?" "because it's our home, son" That's why Red can't leave. It's home.