Aside from the apparent self-recrimination that echoes through each of the sections in which the technique is employed (Part 1, narrated by Chi-hon and Part 2, narrated by Father). There is also a sense that this technique, as discussed elsewhere in this analysis, lessens the sense of identity associated with these characters, their sense of self. They are not "I," they are not "me," and"they" are someone other or someone detached from the immediate experience.