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The author keeps her alive because he wants her to witness what was happening the day after she "died". It makes the story more tragic. Last night also refers to the last night of Walt and his wife being happy as well as their last night together because Walt cheated on her.

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it would make the story less interesting and we wouldn't get the full story of what people were hiding or thinking.

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There is a lot of the  story that would be left unknown if the point of view  was different. this type of narration allows  the author to almost tell us  what to think as well as gain and outside understanding of the text

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If the story was told in another POV, the story would be bias towards the actions of others around them and we would also be more connected with the main character and his emotions.

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We don't think the meaning of the story would changed we might of had a more objective point of view.

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We would have less information about the emotions of the characters. By the story being told from this point of view we can see how the characters actions are perceived from an outside POV.

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Without these insights, the meaning/thematic concept of the story probably would not have come through as effectively. These insights also set a specific tone for the story, which helps get the theme across and set up for the reader a specific attitude toward each character.

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he keeps her alive so that it separates Suzanna and Walter. it wasn't actually Marits last night it was Walter and Suzannas last night together technically.

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Marit is kept alive probably to create an added emphasis to the attitude/thematic idea of death. The reader expects it to be over, but the story ends up with death not being able to accept Marit.

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Without knowing subtle details about the characters emotions, we would not be able to foreshadow the end of the story. By including how Marit actually feels, the story as a whole makes more sense and we can make more inferences about how she actually enjoyed her life as well as what her relationships with her husband and friend were actually like.

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Walter keeps her alive because he wants to make Marit witness the day after her supposed death. This overall makes the story more tragic and dreadful. "Light Night" has multiple meanings, the last night until death and the last night walt and his wife are happy together.

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The author keeps Marit alive so she can witness what happens between Walter and Susanne which ruins their relationship this makes the story more tragic. This also changes the meaning of the title from the last night Marit is alive to the last night that Walter and Marit will be happy.

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We honestly thought walter didnt purposefully leave Marit alive. He's not a doctor (so he probably just missed a vain) and he was having an affair so why would he leave her alive

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These memories occur due to the strong connections/emotions tied to them. The memories create a strong connection between the characters, only for that connection to be broken at the end, making the ending more impactful.

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The flashbacks are caused by the characters trying to remember a time before the present, when life was better (such as when Marit was a little girl).

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The author chose to keep Merit alive to show how it was supposed to be her last night, but by choosing to keep her alive it leads to not the end of her life, but to the end of their healthy relationship.

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because Marit is about to die she is looking back on her life into happier times before she got sick. water is also looking back because that's when he was happier too. even though the story is in third person the flashbacks show into the characters lives and what they are thinking.

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The passages show the readers what Merits' life was like before she got sick, and it is her reflecting back because she thinks it's her last day.

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The Flashbacks are caused by the characters are trying to reminisce about life before getting sick. The author chooses to keep these flashbacks because it develops the mindset of the characters better than if the author had simply said the characters were regretful, reminiscent and longing for a previous time.

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Continuing the story from Walter's perspective not only braces the reader for the twist ending, but it also gives the reader a new attitude toward Walter, that he seems to be a lot more unfaithful/mischievous than what we see initially.

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The flashbacks showcase a time before Merit got ill. She was happier and not thinking about when she would die. I think also that the jars still being there shows how fast her life was taken

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because the story technically isn't over at that point and there is more to the story that has to do with Walter and Suzanna and what was going on with them.

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The flashbacks come from a place of nostalgia she dying so she is reflecting on her life. the reason the character says this passage and not the narrator is because its a personal moment for her not general background info

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The whole beginning of the story was about Merits life, so the shift changes the story to how this event has impacted Walter.

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it would've seemed worse or taken more seriously. they would've been more offended by it

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The story likely would have had the same general mood, but with a greater intensity. The death of a loved one, cheating and regret were all issues people dealt with back then as well. However since assisted death was a real thing back then, it would be able to connect people to personal memories that would bring a greater sense of dread to the reader.

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Without a shift in values, the impact of the story would have had the same impact during the 40s as it does today. The attitudes toward euthanasia would have been seen in the same negative light; assisted suicide may have a greater impact on the people around you than on yourself.

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The narrator shifts their focus from Marit to Walter to show how this event impacts and effects multiple people in the story

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The shift from Marit to Walter is to show what happens to Walter with Susanne and then Marit actually not being dead , then we get to see how all this effects Walter.

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I think the author starts to focus on Walter because he is the one that is alive and has to continue to live. We get to see the effects that Marits death has on him and what it leads him to do.

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I think the story would have the same effects on people because most people do not go through euthanasia. People would still take the topic seriously and it would still have a big impact on how people view suicide.