Point of View

The novel is written from the first person point of view of the unnamed protagonist. The narrator is a writer and editor, and sees the world in a unique way. Her distinct perception of reality dictates the parameters of the narrative world, as well as its central conflicts and stakes. At the start of the novel, the narrator is protective of “the monument of seriousness” that is her soul (2). She therefore does everything in her power to keep her “spiritual sphincter” clenched in order “to keep out the cheap and stupid” (2). However, after she goes to see Moon in concert, the narrator becomes susceptible to what her boyfriend Masterson calls the “lowercase gods [of her] secular, cynical era” (30). The more entrenched the narrator becomes in her obsession with Moon, the more her perception of reality mutates. Indeed, her desperation to prove her love to Moon...