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“The building always seems to hear it coming, the night train, and braces itself as soon as it hears in the distance that desperate cry” (37). “Taking the night train” is a slang term used by policemen and women which refers to committing suicide. The typical person who commits suicide exhibits unhappiness in their life. Suicide victim Jennifer Rockwell was anything but stereotypical, yet everyone could relate to her pain. In Night Train by Martin Amis, Detective Mike Hoolihan discovered that one can acquire a new sense of self through the analysis of the lives of individuals who put on facades to hide inner pain. Jennifer Rockwell appeared picture perfect from the outside. She came from a prestigious family, her body was like that of a model’s and she possessed great intelligence. Her friends and family described her as always cheerful and in good spirits; they admired her to a great extent for this. In her hypothetical picture perfect life, she displayed modesty in everything she did. “Dr. Tulkinghorn, what kind of patient was Jennifer Rockwell?…She-she wasn’t…As far as I’m aware she never had a day’s illness in her life” (90). No one could predict what this “flawless“ girl would later do.