Point of View

The novel is narrated by the protagonist—who just so happens to be a mountain lion. Because of this, the perspective of the novel is very unique, and the point of view helps shape the novel’s message, which is—in part—all about the importance of respecting the animal perspective while maneuvering through the world instead of just focusing on how things might impact humanity.

The mountain lion literally sees the world in a different way than humans do because he has different eyes with different skills. While most people come to the Hollywood Hills for the view, the mountain lion cannot see what they do: “views don’t matter to me anyway/ the hikers say things like look at that view or say things like we have to do this more often get up here and get perspective/ what they see makes them...