TRJ #3----Q and A
Q: This book is confusing. Who is “I”? Who is the real narrator in this book? It seems it keeps changing. At first it was Carina, and then changed to Julia. I think it changes every time chapter changes. It is so confusing that it takes me so long to figure out who the narrator is in that chapter. Why is this book organized like this? Who is the narrator? Is there any clue that I can have before reading and not struggling with who the narrator is?
A: “I” is both Carina and Julia. This story has two different narrators because it is a story about two girls changing each other’s position; Princess Carina of Vineland to Julia, and a normal high-school-girl Julia to Princess Carina. It can be considered as two different people as one person in a way. As a result, I think the author wanted to write her story of two girls and express it effectively by changing the narrator in two similar girls but in very different situations.
If it is confusing to figure out who the narrator is in that chapter, it is easy to look at the chapter title typed on the title of that chapter. When the narrator is Carina, the style of the typewriting is pretty and close to cursive, but when the narrator changes to Julia, the style of the typewriting also characterized like a pauper: bold, round and square, and less luxurious as Carina’s.
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It is very interseting that there are two people who are meaning 'I' in the story. And I think that your questions are very unique. I also have read a book that is confusing and annoying by narratoring and very strange accent. Since I never went to the country that use English as their official language, it was very hard for me to understand written accent of unique characters or African Americans.
Hey Heeju. I completely understand how you would be confused because I book I read was similar in a way. Although my book was about something totally different, the way the author organized the book was alike. I was puzzled at first when I started reading my book and it took me some time to get used to whose point of view the story was being told. One minute it was in the view of an old man and the next in the view an eleven year old boy. I find it very interesting and remarkable how the author deliberately narrates the story by two girls that are very different but same at the same time since they switch positions. This book seems like a book I would be interested in because I like to imagine myself being other people, but the book seems like it is for girls. Well, I am glad that you figured out who was who and good job with noticing how the typewriting changes depending on who was narrating.
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