Character Analysis: The Night Face Up

In the story, The Night Face Up, you start to wonder what is the reality of the story. It starts off with a man riding a motorcycle but suddenly stops to see a woman walking in front of the motor vehicle; causing him to crash and injure himself. When he wakes up, he sees himself getting chased by the Aztecs indicating that he is dreaming. But you start to wonder how this happened, yes you would presume that it was all a dream, but the way the author describes how the man is suffering in his own world makes you think of one thing, what is real you may ask; that is the theme for The Night Face Up, you see that the character begins to alternate dimensions you would say. He’ll be in the hospital bed smelling the strong scent of leek oup tickling his nose, to smelling the disgusting scent of unwashed barbaric bodies chasing after him. …show more content…
As he descends to the depths of destruction, you can see him running and praying that he doesn’t make eye contact with the animals who are looking for their prey. Imagery also weaves to setting, each was described in its own positive or negative way. You have the city, full of lights, filled with humans riding vehicles. You then cut to him opening his eyes, seeing sand and rock like buildings and savages doing so much in their power to destroy whoever they like. Hiding in mud, ditches, rocks, grassland fields, anywhere just so the Aztecs don’t get to you. You blink for one second and you’re transferred to the hospital, sick bodies laying in beds, the smell of soup, the feeling of relief. So you cut to the main part, the parallel plots. For the entire story, the character seems to be put in two different situations at the same