Each new detail about Clifford's character adds a whole intersection of new ideas, implications, and complexities. Clifford is not just any regular old musician; he is a jazz pianist, which is sort of a peak skill in music. Skillful and intelligent, Clifford as a character becomes even more interesting when the reader learns that he is an African American living abroad and that he is gay. The setting is the early-to-mid 1900's. As a musician, he makes his living touring Europe and playing events, and he is active in the gay community which ends up meaning trouble; he is arrested by the new Nazi government.
Together, these details paint a picture that leads the editor to a unique conclusion. Notice that the book is not just the diary; it is also a fictional account of someone responding to the diary. That means that the reader must interpret not only the diary for any potential meaning but also the first analysis. This leads the reader to a position of judgment and clarity because they will either agree or disagree with Jayson Jones' editorial opinion that the book is worthy and important, but will lack demand for being too niche.
Together, there is a yin-yang balance. There is the historical fiction of Clifford's martyrdom, together with Jayson Jones's journey of trying to share something important with the world that does not know enough to want it. The reader can take this as a complex symbol referring specifically to the worth of the human experience. Why should the world want a book about a point of view they have never heard of? Jones's conundrum is solved only when the reader empathizes with the victims of the Holocaust and WWII. Through commemorating the essential worth of those human beings, the book would receive its due acclaim.
