Ayn Rand's The Graveyard Book

Within the novel The Graveyard Book, there resides a grave tone. The book’s title itself is a giveaway on the general air the novel; the word graveyard is instantly associated with grief and loss, letting the reader predict the upcoming dark ride. In the opening scene of the novel, an ongoing murder is depicted; the orphaning of an innocent child casts a dark and tragic shadow on the rest of the novel. After Bod was brutally orphaned, he escaped to a graveyard, which he lived in; as cemeteries are associated with gloom and grief, this background made the novel dark and somber. Also, Nobody was denied a normal childhood due to the Jacks of All Trades shattering his childhood; he never got to experience anything except for a small snapshot of

Additionally, while growing up, his only living friend Scarlet moved away and forgot about Bod, he was abandoned and forgotten; his sadness as a result of this exacerbated the tragedy of the novel, as he lost the only live acquaintance that he had and his only genial connection to the real world. Furthermore, Nobody got kidnapped and deceived following his descent into the underworld; after getting thrown into a sack and threatened, Bod was traumatized and hurt by their abusive actions. Rescued by the Night Gaunts and Miss Lupescu, he feared for his life, not sure that they were to save him. He thought about his future, which he thought would be cut short, and what he believed to be his upcoming death; the dark and grave notions that were expressed casts a dark and gloomy shadow. Moreover, Silas let himself get hit by a car to save Bod; before knowing that Silas was faking his death, Bod was stricken with fear and grief concerning his one guiding light whom he thought was deceased. Obviously, with all the sadness and grief in the novel, a somber tone