Point of View

Elle is the main character and first-person narrator of this novel. Consider the following quote: “And I thought: now there is no turning back. No more regrets for what I haven’t done. Now only regrets for what I have done” (5). Elle refers to herself with the first-person pronoun “I” indicating she is writing about herself. Elle is the ideal person to tell her story because there is so much that she has told no one else. She alone experienced the fear of Conrad coming into her bedroom night after night. She alone experienced the horror of being raped. Elle also is the only one who can legitimately talk about the ways that her father and mother have disappointed her and hurt her with their multiple relationships and broken promises. Additionally, Elle and Jonas are the only two people who know the real circumstances of...