Themes
Key
LitCharts assigns a color and icon to each theme in The Night Watchman, which you can use to track the themes throughout the work.
Power, Solidarity, and Community Action
Oppression and Supposed Good Intentions
Humor and Pain
Sex, Violence, and Gender
Agency and Exploitation
Summary
Analysis
Millie goes with Grace to look for new clothes in the mission bundles. She finds a dress with intricate patterns. When she looks at the design, it takes her into the deepest wells of meaning, a place that’s simple, powerful, indescribable, and beautiful.
This chapter gives more insight into Millie’s character by showing that she enjoys patterns, that patterns hold for her the deepest wells of meaning where she can feel in touch with her truest self.
Themes
