Point of View

The point of view of this novel is third person omniscient. The author uses the main two characters of the novel as the narrators as well as several supporting characters. The author moves between the minds of her characters after careful breaks that alerts the reader to a change.

The point of view of this novel works well with the plot because it allows the reader to get to know the main characters, but it also allows the reader to see things happening within the plot that is important to the development of the plot. The third person point of view is less intimate than the first person, but the omniscient quality allows the author to tell a more rounded story than the restrictive first person. For this reason, this point of view works with this novel.

Language and Meaning

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