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The Last Song of Sirit Byar Study Guide

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by Peter S. Beagle
About 10 pages (2,840 words)
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Literary Qualities

The Last Song of Sirit Byar has a "framed" narrative, that is, a narrative in which the main story is told in an outer narrative, or frame. The frame is created by the voice of Mircha Del, whose motivation is to leave for posterity an account of her life with Sirit Byar. She is a lively storyteller, and her wry comments often intrude on the main narrative, reminding the reader that the story is told from an unabashedly biased point of view. Moreover, Mircha Del is an interest ing character whose comments reveal much about her cynical, rough-hewn personality.

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The Last Song of Sirit Byar from Beacham's Encyclopedia of Popular Fiction and Beacham's Guide to Literature for Young Adults. ©2005-2006 Thomson Gale, a part of the Thomson Corporation. All rights reserved.



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