Point of View

This novel is told from the first-person point of view of Anna, who is also the main character of the novel. Anna writes her novel directly to her reader and often references him as she writes. For instance: “I can’t avoid this any more. I have to explain who I am, where I came from, why I ran. A long-held silence is hard to break. You may have to strain to hear” (173-174). In this particular quote, Anna prepares to tell her reader why she ran away and changed her identity. She refers to the reader directly as “you,” a reference that draws the reader into the story and encourages him to read closely.

Anna’s first-person point of view is very opinionated. She is limited in her knowledge of others and often describes them only in terms of their importance to her. For...