Tan argues that if the storyline of The Rabbits, for example, were presented in the traditional style: "Once upon a time, people migrated to a new homeland and everyone lived happily ever after," it would have been both boring and unrealistic.
以《兔子》為例，陳志勇表示，如果故事脈絡寫成移民初來乍到新大陸，最後大家過著幸福快樂的日子，不但無聊單調，也不符真實情境。