Tammsaare himself said later that the different volumes deal with the relation of Man (i.e., the human person) to (1) the land, (2) God, (3) State and society, (4) him- or herself and (5) resignation.
Tammsaare explicou despois que cada volume ocúpanse da relación do home (é dicir, a persoa humana) con; (1) a terra, (de 2) Deus, (de 3) o estado e a sociedade, (4) el mesmo, e (5) a resignación.