Point of View

Project Princess is written in the first-person point of view from the perspective of Mia Thermopolis, a teenage girl finding her way in the world as a growing woman and as a princess. The novel is in the form of a diary that Mia keeps.

Mia is constantly writing in her diary, and so she fills in many details. At the same time, the only perspective shown is through Mia's eyes.

Setting

Project Princess is set in Greenwich Village in New York City as well as Hominy Knob, West Virginia. Mia lives in the lap of luxury in New York, and she lives in a beautiful and spacious apartment by New York standards.

When Mia gets to West Virginia, she is confronted with living in a tent on the ground in the woods without plumbing or hot water. The meals consist mostly of meat, which Mia...