![]() ![]() It could be said that the novel employs free indirect discourse, blurring the line between the narrator and Alice’s thoughts. The novel is written from a close, non-participant point of view that focuses on Alice’s perspective, giving us her thoughts throughout. By the end of the novel, she is no longer lucid and she can’t remember her husband or children, though she is still able to enjoy their company. ![]() ![]() While some relationships grow stronger, though, others grow weaker. As her condition worsens, she struggles to hold onto anything she can, in particular her family and the little pleasures in life. At the start of the novel, she is a beloved professor and an in-demand guest speaker however, as the novel progresses, her performance in the classroom begins to slip, leading her to step aside the next academic year after a series of weak student evaluations. ![]()
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