Point of View

The story is in first-person, and the narration is in present tense. There appear to be two narrators; one who is omniscient and describes events in various points in time before and after the father’s accident, and another who is limited to the perspective of the main character, who is the son of the man in the car accident.

Urroa uses two narrators with different scopes to add different dimensions to the story. The omniscient narrator serves to establish atmospheres and detail events outside of the scope of the protagonist. This allows Urroa to explore various time periods and scenes that would otherwise be impossible without this narrator. Furthermore, on page 107, it allows Urroa to explore the thoughts of the father in his final dying moments. Meanwhile, the limited narrator (the protagonist) serves as a direct perspective of someone who has suffered the loss...