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Point of View
The novel starts with an unknown voice in the first person perspective in the Prologue, that the reader will later learn is Elsa’s speech that she gives at the strike. The novel then starts in Chapter One from the third person perspective of Elsa, until Chapter Six when Hannah introduces Loreda’s third person teenage perspective. The rest of the novel is mostly told from Elsa’s perspective, with Loreda’s included throughout several chapters. The novel ends with the Epilogue with Loreda’s first person perspective. As Elsa has passed by the time of Loreda’s voice in the Epilogue, this voice change from Prologue - Epilogue represents how Loreda now embodies Elsa’s hopes and dreams.
Hannah uses a particular style to differentiate her characters' points of view, as well as their inner thoughts. Elsa’s point of view expresses self-doubt and...
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