comment on point of view

There are three distinct points of view in the novella: Dad, Crow, and the boys. Dad’s point of view is shaped by his grief and how he recognizes his loss affecting his everyday life. As an author writing about Ted Hughes, his focus appears intermittently academic when focusing on things that are not as personal and private. Some of his passages are letters, and at one point, a table of contents. His tone can also be confessional, as when he brings a lover home for the first time after his wife’s death.