Finney skillfully uses the resources of first-person narration. Seeing the events through the eyes of Miles Bennell gives the sense of immediacy to the action. Choosing as the narrator a peaceable man who loves the routine of familiar things and intimately knows the personalities of the townspeople taken over by the pods increases the horror of the tale. Miles becomes a kind of Everyman, reacting as the average person would if thrown from a humdrum existence into a nightmarish, life-or-death struggle.
Another skillful technique is the juxtaposition of the fantastic with the ordinary. Finney does not attempt an elaborate explanation of the pods' origin.....
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