Point of View

In "Snapshot," Hill uses the first-person perspective. It appears that Hill understands this character the most because he shares the era of coming-of-age, the late 1980s, with the author himself. Because of the author's proximity to the motivations of the main character, the character seems to reflect a lot of the same preferences and desires that the author does. In essence, Michael's voice and the author's voice are one in the same.

"Loaded" is told from the perspective of several characters, but the two most prominent characters are Aisha Laternglass and Randall Kellaway. They each represent opposing sides of the political spectrum, but Randall has been radicalized by white supremacy and this radicalization is what leads to his violence towards others later. Because both perspectives are given the same time, the construction of these battling perspectives suggests that they are both worthy of a sympathetic...