Point of View

The novel is written from both the first, second, and third person points of view. The prologue employs a third person omniscient point of view. This vantage point provides the reader a more removed and academic entrance into the historical events that will dictate the chapters to come. In Part One, the point of view shifts as the novel moves into more detailed depictions of the primary characters’ lives. Jude Star’s chapters of the section are written from Jude’s first person point of view and thus enact Jude’s desperate to “come back to life” in the wake of losing his family, culture, and tribe to the Sand Creek Massacre (7). His first person voice also authenticates Jude as the original forebear of the Star, Bear Shield, and Red Feather descendants whose chapters follow his. Indeed, the majority of the characters' sections that follow...