If the story had any other narrator the reader would not be able to appreciate Christopher’s struggle. Say the book were written with Siobhan’s perspective, it would have had a lot of assumptions. For example, she would assume that he screamed because he was frightened, or she would assume that he didn’t like yellow because it was related to something bad that happened and yellow was the only color he realized of the scene. But, because this book is written in Christopher’s point of view, you really have more sympathy and patience for him. Also, it is written in a 15 year old’s eyes. If it had been written in an adult’s point of view, like his dad, the reader may know the complete story of how and why the dog died and why it affected Christopher in such a meaningful way. But because it is written in a limited point of view, it doesn’t seem to support a
If the story had any other narrator the reader would not be able to appreciate Christopher’s struggle. Say the book were written with Siobhan’s perspective, it would have had a lot of assumptions. For example, she would assume that he screamed because he was frightened, or she would assume that he didn’t like yellow because it was related to something bad that happened and yellow was the only color he realized of the scene. But, because this book is written in Christopher’s point of view, you really have more sympathy and patience for him. Also, it is written in a 15 year old’s eyes. If it had been written in an adult’s point of view, like his dad, the reader may know the complete story of how and why the dog died and why it affected Christopher in such a meaningful way. But because it is written in a limited point of view, it doesn’t seem to support a