Red Storm lines are Paul on the cruelty of the purge expressed incomprehension, in prison to see Victor, even thought that between only a personal vendetta, in fact, according to the design of the play, Victor took part in the rebellion conspiracy, more than a personal vendetta, Paul in the fight against the enemy, but also showed indecisiveness. When he entered the house to search, he fell for Gulob's plan to pay attention to the little girl with a blindfold and neglected to take precautions, resulting in the assassination of Litka by the enemy (in the novel, Paul did not intervene in this matter). Seeing the brutal suppression of the counter-revolution, he is again saddened. Holding the orphan girl to find Lida, surprisingly like a child looking for dependence, to say: no, it is also difficult to live.