Point of View

Hello, Goodbye, and Everything in Between is written from the third person point of view. This narrative vantage point grants the reader access to both of the novel’s main characters’ experiences and internal worlds. Although Clare is arguably the protagonist of the novel, because her relationship with Aidan is central to the narrative conflict and plot line, his character’s perspective is crucial to understanding the narrative stakes and trajectory. Therefore, by writing the novel from the third person point of view, the author is able to offer the reader in depth examinations of both Clare’s and Aidan’s thoughts and feelings at a crucial moment in their life.

In order to understand the third person narrator’s specific capabilities and patterns, the reader might begin by referring to passages from Stop 1, “The High School.” While driving to their first stop, neither Clare...