Friend recalls why he came to the island: to find peace in nothingness. Friend grows to like the creature, and names her Aneris, while Gruner physically and sexually abuses her. Friend discovers Gruner has been having sex with the female creature. The two men settle into a routine the creatures attack several nights and they are forced to constantly keep watch. In the morning Gruner discovers him covered in creature blood but alive. The next night Gruner locks Friend outside on the balcony with his gun, leaving him to see if he can fend for himself against the creatures. More creatures attack that night, but Friend faints and Gruner becomes angry at his uselessness and tells him to do menial activities such as fetch water instead. He wonders if the creatures keep coming for the lighthouse because they want to reclaim the female sea creature. She licks Friend's wounded hand and it heals.įriend offers to share ammunition and other supplies with Gruner if he can stay in the lighthouse, which Gruner accepts. Gruner prevents him from shooting her and shows that she is "tame." Gruner gives the man the name "Friend" and he explains that like a dog she will not leave her master no matter how cruel he is. The next day he observes Gruner leaving the lighthouse, and follows him down to the rocks where he discovers a female sea creature. At night the creatures come and he shoots at them. In the cabin he discovers a rifle among the baggage, and, determined to make a stand, he reinforces the cabin. The next day he calls to Gruner to let him into the lighthouse, but to no avail. When he returns to the cabin he finds the diary of the previous meteorologist which talks of strange creatures from the sea attacking soon after reading this he is beset at night by the creatures. The unnamed man explores the island, seeing strange rock circles on the beach. Gruner says the previous weather observer cannot return with the ship as he has died from typhus, possibly swimming in the sea, and there is no body. The only other inhabitant of the island is the caretaker of the crudely fortified lighthouse, Gruner. It soon becomes obvious that he is missing. In 1914, a young Englishman travels to a remote island in the South Atlantic to work for one year as a weather observer. ( August 2021) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Please help improve it by removing unnecessary details and making it more concise. This section's plot summary may be too long or excessively detailed.
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