The Watch That Ends The Night Hugh MacLennan




In the novel The Watch That Ends The Night by Hugh MacLennen the characters have an

inherent sense that life goes on and no matter what happens mankind must survive. Mankind

has always had the instincts to survive. These instincts have allowed humans to pull through no

matter what happens. People have persisted through major barriers like being lost in the woods

and surviving plane crashes. Jerome and Catherine Martell have both survived through life’s

obstacles with flying colours. Jerome Martell is an enthusiastically ambitious man who was

once a great doctor who gave his life for his country. Jerome didn’t die in the war but he did

give up his life when he went to battle. Jerome survived the war physically but his life will

never be the same. Catherine is Jerome’s former wife and she has had an enlarged heart her

whole life and was never ...