Point of View

The first point to note in terms of this piece’s point of view is that there is no central narrative voice. Instead of the story being told in a voice connected to a person or to the author, it is enacted by the eight characters whose intentions, actions, and reactions move the plot forward. This, in turn, suggests that the reader / audience comes to understand the play’s themes, meaning, and intentions from what the characters do and say, rather than through what a narrative voice might offer in terms of explanation or insight.

That said, a second point to note about point of view is that there is not necessarily a single character whose story defines the narrative and its themes – in other words, there is no protagonist. Of all the play’s characters, Kaneisha comes the closest to fitting the traditional definition...