![]() After Midnight focuses on the idea of self-preservation, and how far Sanna, a young woman in Germany during the 1930s, is willing to go to save herself. She wanted to show the strength of the human spirit, in spite of the dire political climate, and the bravery of those who stood up against the Nazi regime. ![]() She wanted to show the plight of women in a male-dominated society, and the struggles they faced when trying to make a place for themselves. Keun wanted to show the struggle of ordinary people living in an extraordinary time. ![]() This explains the strange optimism that seems to run through the central characters even as their lives collapse around them, and the free society they have known all their lives evaporates before their eyes. Because of this, many of the characters in the book are on a precipice between what life used to be like, and the fact that life is never going to be the same again, but they are oblivious to this, and believe, naively, that their current situation is about as bad as things are ever going to get. Irmgard Keun's novel, After Midnight, takes place in a Germany that is already darkened under the shadow of Adolf Hitler, but not yet as dark as it will become as war approaches. We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own. ![]() ![]() These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community. ![]()
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