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| Plot Summary of The Night Watch |
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"Helen, thirty-two, and Vivian, twenty-eight, take smoking breaks on a fire escape outside their office. Helen lives with Julia, a writer, who has a fascinating life filled with TV appearances and a secret past. The women exchange confidences but Helen can't reveal that she is in love with Julia. Vivian also has a dark history that she doesn't talk about. Her younger brother, Duncan, was in some sort of trouble and now lives with an elderly man he calls Uncle.
Part Two of the novle shifts backward to 1944; London under the siege of the V-8 rockets. Vivian is having an affiar with Reggie, a married soldier. She becomes pregnant and Reggie fixes her up with a dentist to have an abortion.The procedure is described in horrendous detail. Meanwhile, Helen and Kay are having an affair, but Helen is attracted to the mercurial Julia who was once in love with Kay.
Part Three takes place in 1941 in London during the Blitz. Duncan and his classmate decide to kill themselves."
Betty-Jeanne Korson, Resident Scholar
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| Review Analysis of The Night Watch |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Tone of book?
- very sensitive (sigh)
Time/era of story
- 1930's-1950's
Internal struggle/realization?
Yes
Struggle over
- conduct in war
War/Revolt/Disaster on civilians
Yes
Love problems?
- lesbianism!!!!
Conflict:
- War, WW II
Main Character
Gender
- Female
Profession/status:
- unemployed
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Ethnicity/Nationality
- British
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Female
Profession/status:
- writer
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- a substantial amount
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Physique
- average physique
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 9 ()
City?
Yes
City:
- London
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- explicit references to deaths
Unusual Style:
- a lot of flashback and forwards
Amount of dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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