Night (Paper 2) Flashcards
Keywords
- Cancer
- Mental disease
- Sister
- Kill
- Night (father)
Ideas
‘Night’ tells the story of a young woman who went to the doctor for an appendectomy. She fears that is is a growth that might be cancer. However, because it is reflective, we know that the outcome was positive. She discusses the freedom that occurred and she looks at her sister. She then walks straight out of the room and to outside, where she sees her father. He says something that suggests gives Alice the ability to sleep as an adult, even with all the difficulties that can be encountered.
Key quotations
- So little do I think of it
- her own friends, her own games
- I was left to make up my own mind
- You might…
- So who do you think you are, then? Think again
- My impulse was to say no,…
- I said yes.
- Never mind. From then on I could sleep.
So little do I think of it (analysis)
Fortells the reader that this incident had no longlasting effects on her. Knowing this, are we ecouraged to read what follows with more intrigue and less fear?
her own friends, her own games (analysis)
Parallel structure draws attention to distance. Potentially heightens sense of loneliness for the narrator?
I was left to make up my own mind (analysis)
Struggling with my new freedoms of being an adult. Ohrase “I was left” suggests a sense of abandonment
You might… (analysis)
Direct adress engages reader
So who do you think you are, then? Think again (analysis)
Internal monologue suggests growing mental insecurity. Rhetorical question suggests existencial crisis.
My impulse was to say no,… (analysis)
Emotional distance - comes more naturally to shut off
I said yes (analysis)
One short sentence paragraph - limited communication
Never mind. From then on I could sleep. (analysis)
Ends in the same dismissive/nonchalant tone of her parents
