Point of View

The Gospel According to the New World is written from the third person point of view. This third person narrator often acts as an omniscient entity. Although Pascal is undeniably the protagonist of the novel and the narrator is most interested in tracing his story on the page, her narration is not limited to Pascal’s point of view. This means that the third person narrator’s opinions, observations, and interpretations are not solely dictated by the main character. The author establishes this narrative dynamic within the opening pages of Chapter 1, a section in which Pascal is a newborn infant. She remarks that “He who was born on that night was preordained for an exceptional destiny. At the time, nobody seemed to think otherwise” (23). In a moment such as this one, the narrator is making wider assertions about Pascal’s life and about the world...