Point of View

"Sex Chronicles: Shattering the Myth" is written from a first person, limited point of view. This is proven by the fact that the narrator of each story relays her subjective experience from her personal knowledge. Though each narrator knows her own thoughts and feelings, they are rarely privy to the internal workings of others. Additionally, all of the narrators are women, which is important because this collection of stories focuses on the sexual natures of women. The point of view utilized allows the readers to understand the characters' sexual inhibitions or lack thereof.

The stories are written mostly through exposition with a small amount of dialogue scattered throughout some of the stories, while other stories are composed solely of exposition. This distribution is effective because it allows the reader to interface with the narrator directly, giving the impression that the narrator is telling the story to...