It isn’t actually that difficult to bring our society and economy more or less to a stop. We also rely on the smooth working of the global transport network to move people and goods around. But our modern, complex way of life will still depend critically on an intricate infrastructure to get food, clean water and fuel. In the short term we can of course protect ourselves from air raids, angry birds 😉 or even a contagious virus, by sheltering in our homes or going underground. But it might as well have been a different animal or a different threat.
The bird attacks do have an obvious resemblance to the air raids during the war. Daphne du Maurier has chosen birds as the enemy, probably inspired by the recent WW2. And that seems to be the point humans are vulnerable.
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