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RE: Dignity at the edge
Thank you for such thoughtful feedback. I am really just a very simple narrator, not as good of a writer as you kindly make it sound, but your appreciation means a lot.
About dignity, I often feel it has two sides, like a coin. It is both intrinsic and circumstantial. Those who attempt to strip others of it perhaps have none to begin with. And when a dignified person is forced to succumb, whether due to natural reasons or harsh circumstances, their intrinsic worth does not truly vanish, though it might get replaced or reshaped by something else.
Simple? I would say absolutely not... My friend, there is no simplicity in any of your stories, that is remarkable.
In your story, you have given life and personality to an abstract concept such as dignity, turning it into a character and then immersing us in a reading full of symbolism and meaning; something that, without a doubt, not everyone can do.
I agree with you that dignity can be intrinsic and circumstantial; and yes, the way we define that intrinsic value can be reshaped by external agents, but they don't make it disappear.
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