Point of View

This novel is told from the point of view of Bret, the main character of the novel. Bret tells his story from the first-person point of view. Consider this quote: “I remember it was the Sunday afternoon before Labor Day in 1981 and our senior year was about to begin on that Tuesday morning of September 8 . . . ” (25). Bret refers to himself as “I” and his group as “our” pronouns associated with the first-person point of view.

Bret is an unreliable narrator. First, he is telling his story based on his memories of incidents that happened 40 years prior. Because of the time gap, Bret may not properly remember everything that happened. For instance, in the first chapter of the novel, Bret prefaces each sentence with the phrase “I remember” (25) but goes on to describe the trip to visit Debbie’s horse in intricate detail: “I remember I tried...