Point of View

The entirety of the novel is told from a close third person point of view that rests directly behind Darren Flynn's consciousness. While the author could have, perhaps, told the story from Darren's first person perspective, the third person narrative, arguably proves Darren's disconnection from himself, and mimics his journey to reconcile the conflicts of his external life with the turmoil of his internal journey.

The third person point of view successfully achieves a blurring effect between the narrator's account of events and Darren's interpretation of the same happenings. Because the narrator does not assume the thoughts or opinions of any other character other than Darren, the story therefore becomes his. The third person allows a degree of distance to separate descriptions of Darren's physicality from his psychic wanderings. The reader begins to wonder, along with the narrator and Darren himself, what is the truth...