Fables are typically short. Fables typically have animal characters. Fables typically teach a lesson.
I am not sure of the excerpt, because I don't know which excerpt you are speaking of.
My best guess is the Darkness of the Night is given human characteristics.
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Answer:
it offers insight into the United States’ juvenile criminal justice system, which often provides extreme punishments to adolescents
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