The novel is written in the first person point of view. Often the narrator, who is never named, will make comments directly to the reader as though he is a confidant telling a story to a friend. This point of view gives the narration a sense of intimacy that is important to the feel of the novel. The novel is about an intimate side of the narrator's life, a side of life that is not often made the plot of a novel. Due to this, the first person point of view makes the subject of the novel a little less offensive.
Intimacy between the narrator and the reader of a novel is often very important to the plot. It is difficult for a reader to care what happens in a plot if there is.....
