The transition from a disciplined naval unit to a fractured group of starving survivors is depicted with agonizing detail.
The character of Hickey serves as a human foil to the supernatural threat, representing the opportunistic malice that emerges when the "rules" of civilization disappear. Leadership and Redemption
, the melancholic and overlooked captain, ultimately finds a tragic form of salvation by shedding his Western identity and embracing the reality of the land that claimed his men. Conclusion
