Night Fall Setting & Symbolism

Night Fall Objects/Places

Cupsogue Beach County Park

Cupsogue Beach County Park is the public park where Jill and Bud drive to tape themselves committing sexual acts with each other and where they inadvertently record the TWA explosion.

The Village of Westhampton

The Village of Westhampton is a wealthy neighborhood on Long Island where Jill Winslow lives with her investment-banker husband Mark Winslow. The Village of Westhampton is a gated community with its own "police" force, and it contrasts greatly with the small apartment that Kate and John share in Manhattan. Although the Village of Westhampton is beautiful, John learns that Jill views her privileged, country club life as a prison and that she is living in an unhappy marriage.

The Bayview Hotel

The Bayview Hotel is a high-end hotel where Jill Winslow and Bud Mitchell booked a room on the night of the TWA crash. John Corey learns through old records from the hotel that Jill and Bud checked out a movie from the...
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