Describe Ishiguro’s prose in the narrative and why it is effective.

The structure of the novel weaves in stories taking readers through different parts of Axl's and Beatrice's journey. Readers might feel as if they are lost in the mist as they think they have missed things or don't remember certain events happening. This occurs when the narrator delays introducing an element in the story. The author will bring in the viewpoint of a different character or even shift the point of view from third person to first person from time to time. However, most of the plot is linear.

The mist appears in another way as well. When retelling the story what will people say? Some may remember some things while others may remember other things. The past is ambiguous and remembering what one read in this novel can be the same after only one reading.

As readers progress through the novel, the mist lifts slowly, as it does in the case of Axl and Beatrice. Finally, at the end of the novel, once the she-dragon is no longer alive, all becomes clear.