Point of View

The novel is written from the first person point of view of the unnamed protagonist. The narrator has a strong, assured voice that guides her account from beginning to end. The way that she describes her world and herself is assertive and declarative. The author establishes these facets of the narrator’s first person narration within the opening page of the novel: “I was working as a teacher at a middle school. It was never something I wanted to do, I would have preferred a job with glamor and prestige, but it was a job I enjoyed. I’ve always been motivated by pleasure, never by money, because money, I had enough of and pleasure one cannot possess. And teachers have power, don’t forget that” (3). The narrator’s tone initially implies that the narrator is a confident character. However, her increasing incorporation of the...