Point of View

This novel is narrated in majority by a third-person narrator who appears to be uninvolved in the action of the novel. Consider for instance: “Her mother first took her when she was two or three years old. Her earliest memory, so exciting! Grauman’s Egyptian Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard” (9). Norma Jeane is referred to as “her” (9) and “she” (9) indicating that she is referring to Norma Jeane in the third person. This third-person narrator seems to have an intimate relationship with Norma Jeane, however, and is able to describe her actions and her motives behind those actions: “She wasn’t fleeing her own life (though her life had grown baffling to her, as adult life does to those who live it) but instead easing into a parenthesis within that life” (10). In this quote, the author describes Norma Jeane’s reasons for visiting movie theaters throughout the...