Good Morning, Midnight

by

Jean Rhys

Hotel Rooms

Sasha’s romanticized perception of the hotel rooms she stays in throughout the novel—both in the present and the past—symbolizes her failed attempts to find happiness by seeking out change. When she returns to Paris…

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Bathroom Mirrors

Sasha’s tendency to retreat to the bathroom in restaurants or bars and cry in front of the mirror represents her morbid obsession with her own unhappiness. Not only does she remove herself from public…

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