Point of View

The identity of the novel's narrator changes from frame to frame. For instance, in the frames that include only conversation, the students quoted are considered the narrators as they are telling the story. Consider for instance on Page 180 when Drew is asking Alexandra for advice about being himself. The frame shows the two characters in profile looking at each other. Alexandra asks Drew: “You want advice … from … me?” (180) Drew responds: “Yeah … I guess I do” (180).

Jordan serves as a third-person narrator in the frames in which some descriptions besides quotes are necessary to tell the story. On Page 7, for instance, Jordan provides an explanation of a photo of several teen boys changing out of uniforms in the locker room. Jordan narrates above the frame: “One day after sports last year, the locker room smelled so bad that Coach Roche had to go to the nurse...