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Contrary to the optimism of his earlier works, Hergé here presents a more world-weary and (perhaps) less naive Tintin who aids a coup (demanding, admittedly, that no one be killed) only to free his friends from prison. The final frames of the book show that the coup has brought no improvement to the lives of the poor people of San Theodoras, and Tintin, tired of adventure for once, joins Haddock in wishing to return to the peace and quiet of home.
The book showed another break with Hergé's previous style - Tintin is depicted differently, practicing [[yoga]] in his spare time, and even riding a motorbike. Particularly irksome to many fans was the fact that Tintin has traded his standard [[plus fours]] in for a pair of [[flared jeans]] (the book was written in the [[1970s]]).
As in [[The Broken Ear]], the invented language of the Arumbayas was originally based on [[Marols]], the [[Brussels]] dialect Hergé's grandmother spoke. The English translation replaces this with a version of pidgin English.
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