Left Behind

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The book is told primarily from two different perspectives: Rayford Steele's and Buck Williams'. One has a highly emotional response to the events as they happen; the other keeps a more detached and objective perspective. Each point of view is seen in every chapter. It is also not highly defined as half of one chapter for each. Rather, the stories unfold almost as though in real time. One character will start the story in a chapter, and the other story pipes in, occurring almost simultaneously. Each perspective flips back and forth over the course of the book.