Analysis Of Shifting POV By Okada
Shifting POV is one of the literary strategies that is representative of Okada’s writing style. Throughout the book, the overall narrative is in third person, yet there are moments in the book where the narrative transitions from a third person POV to a first person POV to illustrate internal thoughts, specifically Ichiro Yamada’s. For instance, on pages 49-50, the page begins with the narrator recalling the serene moments Ichiro spent at university before the war. Immediately after that, however, the third person POV shifts to a first-person internal monologue. The readers can then see how this POV mediates post-war Japanese internment; Ichiro’s internal thoughts explain how refusing to serve in the military during his internment was the wrong