The Night Watchman

The Night Watchman

by

Louise Erdrich

Vernon Character Analysis

Vernon is one of the Mormon missionaries on the Turtle Mountain Reservation. He is infatuated with Grace, and his partner, Elnath, suspects that Vernon and Grace are getting up to “the worst kind of sin.” Elnath and Vernon visit Thomas’s house and give him a copy of the Book of Mormon, which he occasionally reads to try and better understand Arthur V. Watkins’s motivation.

Vernon Quotes in The Night Watchman

The The Night Watchman quotes below are all either spoken by Vernon or refer to Vernon. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
Power, Solidarity, and Community Action Theme Icon
).
The Missionaries Quotes

They didn’t look alike anymore, but they walked in exactly the same straight line, full of mystifying purpose.

Related Characters: Vernon, Elnath
Page Number: 171
Explanation and Analysis:
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Vernon Quotes in The Night Watchman

The The Night Watchman quotes below are all either spoken by Vernon or refer to Vernon. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
Power, Solidarity, and Community Action Theme Icon
).
The Missionaries Quotes

They didn’t look alike anymore, but they walked in exactly the same straight line, full of mystifying purpose.

Related Characters: Vernon, Elnath
Page Number: 171
Explanation and Analysis: