Interconnectivity

Throughout the novel, the author's defamiliarizing use of point of view illustrates the novel's thematic interests in interconnectivity, illustrating the ways in which every living creature is connected with those before and after her. Instead of granting a single character's voice, or vantage point, authority over the entirety of the text, the author allows a network of points of view to intertwine in the shaping the Dead Astronauts narrative. The novel is guided by first, third, and second person voices, following the lives and experiences of characters including, the blue fox, Grayson, Moss, Chen, Behemoth, the dark bird, and Charlie X. Because each point of view is given almost equivalent attention, the reader understands that no voice rules over the rest. Furthermore, these characters' narratives literally interrupt and overlap one another's. In "The Body," for example, Charlie X and Sarah's stories share the same containing chapter...