Seeking the truth
In “The Sisterhood of Night,” the townspeople try their best to find out what the girls are doing at night. Ironically, this longing for the answer, this “loathing of the unknown, our need to dispel it, to destroy it, to violate it through sharp, glittering acts of understanding, makes the unknown swell with dark power, as if it were some beast feeding on our swords.” It seems as if the more the problem is analyzed, the more the people know what they do not know about it.
Harter's exit
After Harter is caught having an affair with a married woman, the husband wants to meet him. Having done similar things before, Harter expects a civilized talk and get it over with. However, when he meets the husband and is challenged to a duel, he refuses, and the only way out of this affair is through his own death.
Amusement parks made too safe
After hiring enforcement squads for his enclosed amusement park, Sarabee notices that the crime rate decreases but ironically the park becomes too “tame and predictable.” Therefore, he also hires hundreds of actors to imitate criminals.
Sarabee's critics
Sarabee’s creation of the “anti-park” with live shows featuring suicide is actually celebrated by critics as the logical progression of his park designs. Ironically, even “many of Sarabee’s most outspoken opponents did in fact return, again and again, lured by forbidden pleasures, by the protection of masks and disguises, by the sheer need to know.”
The opening of the new park
When Sarabee is about to open the final phase of his amusement park, the public goes almost crazy with anticipation because they expect the most extreme rides and attractions. However, the entire park is burned down just before the opening date.
