Good Morning, Midnight Short Analysis of an Extract Ot the Book

Jean Rhys (1894-1979) a West Indian writer. Discuss how Rhys' style and thematic concerns in this passage are reflective of the period studied.

The extract from Good Morning, Midnight, by Jean Rhys starts off with the entrance of "an old Englishwoman and her daughter", told to the reader by the omniscient narrator written in first-person. This extract is written in a stream-of-consciousness as there is some attempt of presenting to the reader what is going on in the mind of the narrator himself, as well as the characters presented in the extract. This stream-of-consciousness style is typical of the period studied.

Another feature typical of the period studied is the black humour used.

A possible thematic concern of the extract is how alike a mother and daughter could be.

The "old Englishwoman" is most probably suffering from an illness, which has resulted in her having "a while bald skull with a fringe of grey hair"

There is a famous saying which goes: 'The Eyes are the windows to the soul'. Throughout