Little Big Man | Style

Little Big Man Style

Points of View

The novel is written in a first-person narrative point of view, yet shifts somewhat when Jack speculates on what other people must be experiencing. The use of direct quotes gives the various other characters their own voices, until Jack makes comments about the scene or characters.

Sandwiching Jack's narrative, the fictitious editor's narration is in the Forward by a Man of Letters and the Editor's Epilogue. This adds a flavor to the other points of view in that someone besides Jack has had a hand in telling the story. Occasionally, Jack uses terms that seem beyond his normal vocabulary, and this might be evidence of the editor's influence.

Setting

The major settings involve the sweeping western outdoors, saloons, various civilized houses and shops, Cheyenne villages, battlefields and Old Lodge Skins' tepee. The narration skillfully describes the settings and uses all five and even occasionally six senses. Settings change quickly as Jack...
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