People are not aware of the danger coming ahead when they trust people they do not know well. Death comes as a surprise to these characters who cannot escape their fate.They are condemned from the moment they fall in the hands of these monsters who present themselves as benefactors but they are not kind or gentle. Billy had no clue he could be killed by the landlaldy as she disguised her true intentions very well.In stories like this the victimizer does not reveal himself or herself until the very end which makes it impossible for their prey to foreshadow their fate.
The theme of "The Wretched and the Beautiful" is the plight of refugees. Seeking refuge is given a fictional slant by the fact that the refugees in this story are aliens, who have arrived amid a group of holidaymakers.
