Author Lee Smith writes The Last Girls in the third person, but devotes chapters to different, alternating points of view. What affect does this shifting narrative viewpoint have on the story? How does Smith make each narrative voice a distinctive and unique one?
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I Think I May Have A Screw Loose
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I saw my podiatrist yesterday. One part of my foot is still hurting (it's
been almost two months since the surgery). He thinks it may be one of the
screws ...
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This is where my first complaint about the book comes up. My personal opinion is that she did not do a good job building the characters. The oddities all the characters had (Evangeline's nickname of "Vangie," Lou's inability to have sex, Russell's obsession with the weather channel, Courtney's scrapbooking, Harriet's hysterectomy and her inability to sleep, etc.) just seemed to be extraneous tidbits having nothing whatsoever to do with anything.
Sometimes the switching back and forth confussed me, I guess because my reading of the book was done over the course of several weeks and I am old and forgetful. And there was a lot more character development than plot. Usually when I read a book I skim over the character development in order to get to the plot.
My mom says that I do that in real life too. I am analytical and just want the facts, I don't really pay all that close of attention to all the little nuances and people's delicate feelings. I am working on it, but nuances are hard for me.
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