Comment on point of view

The story is written in third person, almost exclusively from the perspective of Greg Mortenson. The limited perspective means that the reader is given only the information that Greg knows. Interestingly, the perspective is altered by presenting the information sometimes out of order. As an example, Greg talks to the leaders of Korphe and learns that he has jumped the gun by buying the supplies for the school without figuring out how to get the materials to Korphe.