Nadja in a mental institution
The climax and the downfall of Nadja and the story as a whole was when she was put into a mental institution. This is where André realizes that the very reason he was captivated by her was because of her insanity, which seemingly was slipping over unto him. He then has and takes the possibility of discussion both reality, truth and sanity, explaining that they are all relative. Yet, as he concludes in true surrealist fashion, beauty is in nature.
Nadja’s paintings
Nadja’s paintings are given in the book, placed on their own pages. André giving other artists’ art in the book began with the first performers he described and discussed, before moving on to Nadja’s art as he met her. The art is typically for the surrealist movement; abstract, yet intelligent with a snivel of hidden meaning.
André meeting Nadja
The image André got of Nadja the moment he met her is important, as it is one of the only places in the book the reader is given a physical description of Nadja. Both Nadja and other’s art is presented in the book as actual pictures, yet Nadja’s picture is never given. This might be because André wishes the reader to picture Nadja the way the readers themselves want Nadja to be, as long as she has the face of a beautiful epitome of a human, André as an author is satisfied.
