Point of View

Desai uses two different narrators and two different points of view in her novel. The majority of the novel is told by Simi from the first-person point of view in the past tense. Consider Simi’s narration: “I’m definitely one of the people who need people. Leave me alone for more than a few hours and I’ll be speed-dialing my way through my contact list or skulking around the local coffee shop looking for familiar faces” (5). Simi’s first-person narration is vital to the novel because it allows the reader to experience what it is like to be in Simi’s head. She is always thinking and always talking, but not always thinking before she talks. Even though Simi is capable, she is very insecure and often depends on help from other people when she can help herself. The first-person narration demonstrates how...