heart and lack of a conscience, Alena proves to be inhuman. Like her dog Alf, she finds no shame in “pissing on” anything that is human.On one hand, because of his own actions, Jim has made himself an animal by treating Alena like a piece of meat. On the other hand, since Alena also treated Him the same way, she is also an animal. Because of their actions, both Him and Alena prove to have had no morals. Both characters use each other for their own need of “carnal knowledge.” One for the definition of “knowledge of the flesh” and the other for her knowledge of a bird. Because they portray no spiritual depth or moral reasoning, Jim and Alena became nothing in the end but “only meat.” Animals are only good for being meat. Although each character seemingly gets away with being conniving and dishonest, neither can hide from the fact that they are only empty human beings. A human with no content is only flesh. As a lesson, Him and Alena show how any human being who does not act according to one’s conscience is an empty vessel, with no content, no life. “It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing…” –John 6:63. ...
