Gross writes that "it is not just a question of character that plays itself out in this drama, but also the logic of incentives one encounters within the totalitarian regimes of the twentieth century".
格罗斯写道：“这不仅仅是在这部剧中自己演绎出来的角色的问题，而且也是一个人在二十世纪极权主义政权中会遇到的激励的逻辑”。