Summary

The second chapter of the memoir, titled “Found,” sees Schulz’s narration shift into a seemingly omniscient narrative voice in the first-person, as she introduces information that is presented as an impersonal historical account. “Found” begins with the story of an eleven-year-old child named Billy, who was “almost hit by a falling star” (79). The narrator introduces the reader to Billy’s playmate Roger then begins to describe the environment in which Billy and Roger lead their daily lives, a place where “[t]he only thing larger than the land was the sky” (79). The narrator shifts from providing contextual information through a limited omniscient first-person point-of-view to focusing on the individual experiences of Billy during his close encounter with the meteorite. Throughout this, the narrator does not reveal how she came to know the information she has shared.

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