The text is related in the first-person point of view and is subjective; Graves relates his autobiography on his own terms. As such, events of importance in his personal opinion are given extensive treatment in the text. Graves does provide some objective information about individuals or particular events, but also provides his subjective interpretation alongside. The autobiography is simultaneously personal and informative. Because of the nature of Graves' experiences in World War I, the autobiography had a markedly depressing tone.