Point of View

The novel is written from a range of varying points of view. With each new chapter the narrative vantage point changes. This unconventional formal technique enacts the author’s explorations concerning the collective versus the individual consciousness and the interconnectedness of all human lives. The opening chapter “The Affinity Charm” is written from a third person limited point of view tracing Bix’s vantage point. "Case Study: No One Got Hurt" is written from the third person limited point of view and traces Alfred's perspective. “A Journey: A Stranger Comes to Town” presents both Miles’s and Drew’s first person points of view. “Rhyme Scheme” presents Lincoln's first person point of view. “The Mystery of Our Mother” is written from Lana and Melora’s first person plural perspective. “What the Forest Remembers” presents Charlie’s first person point of view. In “Bright Day,” the...