Megan McCafferty Writing Styles in Second Helpings: A Novel

Megan McCafferty
This Study Guide consists of approximately 46 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of Second Helpings.

Megan McCafferty Writing Styles in Second Helpings: A Novel

Megan McCafferty
This Study Guide consists of approximately 46 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of Second Helpings.
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Point of View

The novel is written in the first-person point of view, from the perspective of the main character and narrator, Jessica Darling. The novel sections are journal entries and letters, which is how Jessica narrates the story.

The point of view of this novel is intimate, allowing a reader to connect closely with the main character, Jessica. The book written in this manner allows the reader to get inside Jessica's head, thoughts and inner struggles. The reader cares what happens to the narrator. The point of view also allows the author to inject her own opinions into the narration and to expand on the events taking place around the other characters and the occurrences taking place.

Setting

The novel is set primarily in the town of Pineville, New Jersey. The other primary setting is New York City and Columbia University campus. The novel unfolds during the 21st...

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