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In the end, Yvonne finally finds faith, "a feeling of confidence and the conviction that there existed some unknown power in which she could find repose,'' a comforting certainty that "the future did not, after all, lie in her hands." But Pierre feels that the world is only what man makes of it. He depends wholly on his own resources. Theirs were two common responses to the 20th century—the religious and the existentialist. The Flight into Egypt is nearly monotone in color, and the characters are so universal that sometimes they can scarcely be recognized as individuals. But Author Bloch-Michel asks many moving questions about life. His one sure answer: escape is no solution, for no one can remain long above the battle.