Point of View

The Bee Sting is written from both the second and third person points of view. In “Sylvias,” “Wolf’s Lair,” “The Widow Bride,” and “The Clearing,” a third person narrator depicts the respective storylines of Cass, PJ, Imelda, and Dickie Barnes. For example, in “Sylvias,” the third person narrator focuses on presenting Cass’s portion of the narrative. The third person narration is thus limited to Cass’s perspective and experiences. When the narrator remarks in Chapter 1 of the section that “it made no sense that [Cass and Elaine] had not always been friends” and “Their lives were so similar it was almost eerie,” she is adopting Cass’s point of view (3). The same principles apply throughout the entirety of the section. The same is true in the three subsequent sections. In “Wolf’s Lair,” the third person narration is limited to PJ. In “The...