Metro 2033 by Dmitry Glukhovsky
It’s the end of the world. Moscow. After the nuclear holocaust, an underground fear emerges. The year is 2033, the planet is in ruins, civilization is on the verge of extinction, and half-destroyed cities have been rendered uninhabitable by radiation. They claim that beyond their borders are unending, charred deserts and the charred remains of forests. New living forms have taken over as the earth’s guardians since they are better suited to the new environment thanks to radiation-induced mutations. In the Moscow Metro, the largest air-raid bunker ever constructed, a few hundred thousand human survivors continue to live. The people of the stations have unified behind ideologies, religions, water filters, or the necessity to simply fend off an invasion by the enemy, transforming them into miniature states.
Metro 2033 by Dmitry Glukhovsky
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In this world without tomorrow, instinct has taken precedence over feelings, with survival at any cost being the most crucial factor. The northernmost populated station on its route, VDNKh, is still safe, but a horrible new threat has emerged. A young man from VDNKh named Artyom is given the mission to enter the famed Polis in the centre of the Metro in order to warn everyone about the terrible threat and to request assistance. The future of his home station, the Metro, and possibly all of humanity, is in his hands.
Artyom, the protagonist of our story, is as honest as a protagonist can be. Despite having a past and the book trying to make you believe that Artyom is a remarkable individual, he somehow manages to have very little presence throughout the entire book because he lacks a distinct personality and is generally quiet. And when he does speak, it’s not to express his personality; instead, he frequently engages in exposition-heavy questioning of a supporting character to get information on the background of the novel.
What is his objective, then, as the protagonist? carry the news of his inability to vanquish the Dark Ones to the city of Polis in order to fulfil the request of Hunter, a man he hardly knew. Many times, Artyom does this in great personal danger. Why did Artyom decide to undertake such a seemingly impossible task? He seemed to think that he had to take matters into his own hands in order to save the human race, even though it was inadequately stated. Otherwise, I’m led to conclude that the reason he risked his life was to “promise” a stranger something that he would do for him.
The stepfather, Sukhoi, lost his cool while ranting about how the Dark Ones would exterminate humanity and then ascend to the top of the food chain. Hunter, the guest, replied by announcing that he wouldn’t give up without a fight. Hunter fled to battle the Dark Ones in order to emphasize the gravity of the issue. Hunter assigned Artyom to inform Melnik at Polis of his failure in the event that he doesn’t return from this crucial operation. Artyom appeared to accept this assignment from the man he had just met without hesitation; but, he later claimed in the text that he had “promised Hunter” that he would carry it out.
