When the leading character's girlfriend, with whom he has made a mutual promise to recover their "human nature," also turns into a rhino, he begins to resent the fact that he himself does not have a beautiful thick hide or handsome horn adorning his face and feels increasingly despondent and dejected.
最後，當答應和主人翁生兒育女、共同試圖恢復「人性」的愛人，也變成了一隻犀牛時，他開始憎恨自己沒有「堅韌美麗的外皮」，也為臉上沒有英挺的尖角，而日益沮喪消沉。