The Last Days of Night

Edison tells Paul, “The man who controls electricity will control the very sun in the sky” (16). How is electricity portrayed as a metaphor for power?

At the beginning of The Last Days of Night, Paul sees himself as a promising prodigy with the opportunity of a lifetime to represent Westinghouse against Edison. How does Paul’s ego evolve as narrative progresses?

Paul uses narrative structure dependent upon the expectation of linear closure to guard against “the terror of raw memory” (6). Does the narrative structure of The Last Days of Night reflect this aim? How does storytelling itself influence the plot