You are my guest. But let me ask you, are you religious in any way? You don't mind me asking...I guess I don't believe it. In anything. Sometimes it's difficult. It's a representation of how most people, at some point, go through a crisis and simply lose confidence. However, these people still tend to identify with a particular religion in order to remain part of it. Therefore, the narrator reveals the horrible truth about humanity; we base our beliefs on popular beliefs and tend to believe in things that others believe in, but why? Well, that's because people simply seek acceptance from others. The narrator's behavior is quite comical, he always seems to be trying to make the best of a difficult situation, which in his case is dealing with Robert. For example, at one point in the night he simply thinks, saying, “A wink of an eye is like the wink of a blind man.” » This then lightens the mood because it's something the vast majority of the world would never say, but would think. Plus, it's extremely comical and helps lighten the serious mood of the story. There is another example that does an even better job of providing comic relief to the story; that's when he realized his wife was in deep