Hi, Allison Wu here. “Orientation” reads as a nightmarish account
of a quick glance at any generic office. The story goes into depth about the
lives of the office people who work in this hell – hole. The specific descriptions
of each person’s life have an extremely dark aspect to it which makes all of
their lives together a depressing story. The narrator’s endless explanation of
the office dynamic and rules creates a claustrophobic feel to the story as we
as the reader feel trapped amongst the interpersonal dramas and horrors
described so personally to us. The mundane life of working in an office is
subverted through the people whom fill it with heartbreak, violence, and death.
The story seems to be a satirical commentary upon the environment of the
office. We are left with the sense that the unlively characteristics of daily
office work can give way to a dangerous amount of death in a metaphorical and
literal manner. Lost amongst learning to be part of this “in” crowd of messed
up office workers, we feel the hopelessness that is perhaps a similar
hopelessness felt when walking into the same office every day of your life.
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