... switches narration from first person through the novel's main character, Joe, to a third person narrative. When a central figure is telling the story using "I" the reader is aware of their inner thoughts. A sense of intimacy and personal understanding for Joe comes across as we directly experience what he goes through (we feel we "are" ... not surprised by the change in Joe's look, as she is used to seeing him get excited by over-ambitious or in some way ridiculous ideas. Throughout the chapter we barely hear Joe's dialect when he talks to Clarissa, as the narrator tells us what he says ...

• Word Count: 1489
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... away from tradition, a characteristic we would associate with the emergence of modernism; therefore, we can assume that through the ambiguous nature of the narrative form, we are exposed to the authors unease with, and conflicting ideas towards the threat of modernity, not just aesthetically, but within the context of how such dramatic cultural and social upheaval may-force implications on humanity ... by engaging directly with contemporary social issues. The intrusive narrator asks (of England): 'Does she belong to those who have moulded her [...]; through the free indirect discourse o...

• Word Count: 1625
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate