Point of View

The point of view of the anthology shifts from story to story. However, the perspective is most often first person or third person limited to the protagonist. Through this perspective, Scott allows the reader to emotionally invest into the characters. This perspective also allows for the exploration of the psyche. As many of the narrators/protagonists have toxic tendencies, like Deez, Slim, Copernicus, and Reece, the perspective Scott employs allows the reader to share in the warped perspective of the characters. Scott often includes the thoughts and feelings of the characters, rather than just using exposition in order to comment on their emotional state. Scott uses unreliable narrators, Slim and Reece,

In Special Topics in Loneliness Studies, Scott uses varying forms of communication to reveal the perspective of different characters. Scott uses email correspondence, as well as written assignments to show the perspectives of the...