Point of View

The story is written using an omniscient third-person narrator. This narrator begins the story by speaking generally about the effects of springtime on people’s attitudes towards romance. This section is written using the present tense, as the story wishes to present these ideas as general, consistent truths. The narration then transitions into the past tense when recounting the events of the main narrative, thereby presenting these events as a specific example of the ideas introduced prior. Although the narrator is omniscient, it does not provide any of the characters’ inner thoughts, only their external words and actions. Nonetheless, the characters’ thoughts and feelings are often evident from their actions and dialogue.

The narrator’s omniscience allows the story to shift its focus between characters, so that the story is not completely confined to scenes involving one specific character. Most of the scenes in the...