5.What is implied in the story?Is the author criticizing anything that exists round us,e.g. bureaucracy? The writer is criticizing bureaucracy in British society.He may also be insinuating how insignificant an individual is in the face of big institutions. Unit 3,Book 4Unit 3, Book 4 5. What is implied in the story? Is the author criticizing anything that exists round us, e.g. bureaucracy? The writer is criticizing bureaucracy in British society. He may also be insinuating how insignificant an individual is in the face of big institutions