What is the effect of not giving any names to the characters in the short story "War" by the author Luigi Pirandello?

Luigi Pirandello does not use names in the short story "War" so that the ideas and dialogue of the characters are at the forefront instead of the setting. In addition to leaving the characters unnamed, the author also keeps the setting limited to one place and makes that setting, a railway carriage, as bare as possible. The descriptions of the characters are equally sparse and drab and used mostly to differentiate between characters instead of...

Luigi Pirandello does not use names in the short story "War" so that the ideas and dialogue of the characters are at the forefront instead of the setting. In addition to leaving the characters unnamed, the author also keeps the setting limited to one place and makes that setting, a railway carriage, as bare as possible. The descriptions of the characters are equally sparse and drab and used mostly to differentiate between characters instead of to develop them.

The lack of color and detail given to the setting and the characters serves as a muted background to allow the ideas and philosophies presented in the dialogue to become the focal point of the short story instead of the individual characters. The themes in this story, including loss, potential loss and living with them, are made relevant to all and not limited to the sympathy one can feel towards a certain character.