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Point of View
The point of view of this novel is third person omniscient; the author reveals the thoughts and feelings of each character, as each acts as narrator at some point. The narrator shifts often throughout the novel, moving from one character to another, often within a single chapter, occasionally within a single paragraph. Almost every character in the novel is used as a narrator at one point or another. This shifting narration opens the novel to many different viewpoints and a deeper look at the emotional side of the novel's characters, enriching the narration of the novel. Individual sections of narration are completed in first person, but the novel taken as a whole reveals the third person omniscient point of view.
This point of view works because it does enrich the characterization of the novel in a way that another point of view most likely could not...
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