Point of View

The novel is in the first-person point of view. The novel is written from the viewpoint of Gilbert Grape. Gilbert is remembering back over all of the events that have taken place over his life, and how these events affected his family. The narration switches back and forth between the past and the present.

The point of view of this novel is an intimate point of view that allows a reader to connect closely with the main character, who also happens to be the narrator of the story. The point of view also allows the author to inject his own opinions into the narration and to expand on the events taking place to her and the members of her family without having to move out of character or interrupt the flow of the narration. For these reasons, the point of view works well with this novel...