Sorry for the Loss

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To narrate this story with all of these contrast the author has chosen a third person narrator. The person telling the story does not take part in the events of the story. The narrator has a limited view, because the reader only gets to know about how Evie is feeling. The only places that indicates other persons feeling are through dialogue or when the narrator tells about what Evie sees when another character reacts to something. The reader experiences the story through Evie’s point of view though it is not her telling the story, but with the technique used the story could easily have been told by a first person narrator without causing much change. The restricted narrator causes the reader to engage more in Evie’s life and sympathise with her. With limited insight in the other characters’ emotions the reader forms a more personal relationship with Evie and a more distant one with Victor. The first person narrator contributes with a more thorough description of the setting and all long with the limited point of view the two creates a more intriguing plot.

In a tough environment, Evie realises that sometimes a book cannot be judged by its cover, and other times it actually can. At first she only sees a prisoner in Victor and therefore thinks of him as dangerous. Later she sees a nice looking young man who does not turn out to be as nice as he seemed. Victor turned out to be the person she saw as the cover despite her confusion in the process. Victor’s behaviour is confusing to the ethical question of whether a criminal can change or not. In one way it seems as if he truly is a good person, in another way it seems as if the prison suits his personality and actions.