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
Louis feels guilty, convinced that his decision to not go to Washington contributed to Thomas’s stroke. He goes to the hospital to pick Thomas up and bring him home.
Though Louis put in as much effort as anyone to oppose the Termination Bill, he still feels like he let Thomas, and the community, down by not going to Washington with the delegation.
Themes
