Archetype

I noticed a couple of archetypes throughout the novel, one of those being the contrast between light and dark. Traditionally, light and daytime mean good things, and darkness and night mean danger and bad things, and I think this holds true in many parts of the book. Oliver is born at night, gets arrested at night, and is always seeming to get into trouble at night. However, he is overall a "light" and innocent character, and is even ironically called "White" by the officer who arrests him.