The short story “Night Calls” includes various details that shows the father, narrator, and sanctuary’s grief after the loss of the narrator’s mother. The author makes it distinct that the bereavement of the narrator’s mother had an impact even from the outset of the story. The reader can quickly discern this through the fact that the father was conspicuously devoid of a smile in a situation where one is expected to be happy, such as seeing their child in a long time. While the narrator runs around the house she discovers previously used parts closed off. This is also a sign that the father and the narrator was suffering from the loss of the mother, as blocking off parts of the house is an attempt from them to avoid anything reminiscent of
