Point of View

This novel is told by an omniscient third-person narrator. Consider the first sentence of Chapter 2: “The rivalry began as a friendship between two boys with much in common” (8). The narrator is a separate entity as he tells the stories of both Keith and Hugh. The sentence and the following commentary about both the boys' strengths and weaknesses as baseball players also demonstrates that the narrator is unbiased. He does not show a preference for either boy, he simply tells the story and allows the reader to make up his own mind.

There are points in the story in which the narrator has to point out that the other people in Biloxi are judging the Malco family. He also notes that there is good reason for his seemingly judgmental writings. For example, he says of Hugh’s parents when they are among the other Little League...