This page successfully presents to the reader a dichotomy between the wealthy and the poor.  The narrator describes a jolly scene in which the wealthy strut around a wild party having a grand time to give the reader a romanticized version of wealth.  When we compare this with how the servants must work in order to keep all of this rowdy behavior going it is easy to see why their job is not “an amusement” (409).  However, the rich never recognize the hard work that went into preparing this event, in fact it is never mentioned in the description of the event at all.

Rather than thanking the men and women who put on this marvelous party, the wealthy men “toast progress and a world remade” (409).  However, these men are dealing with Vévoda, a mass weapons dealer. Thus, whatever deals the men are making will most likely kill many people and destroy the world in remaking it, rather than progressing.

Ultimately, the narrator used this page to show the rich’s uncaring hate for the world and condemn their actions.