Point of View

This story is told from the first-person point of view of Maurice to his son Kevin. For instance, this quote confirms the first-person point of view and to whom the story is told: “It felt strange, Kevin, letting it all go. The smallness of that final box sitting in his passenger seat caught me” (10). Maurice’s relationship to Kevin as father and son is revealed when Maurice asks him: “What time is it over in the States now, son? One, two?” (1). Maurice tells his story in the present tense on the last day of life.

The first-person point of view is ideal for Maurice’s story because the author wants to focus on Maurice, his emotions, his reactions to the things that have happened in his life, and his feelings about himself and the way he has reacted to the things that have happened to...