Beach Music | Techniques
Again Conroy uses first-person narration. Because Jack McCall knows his friends and their family members so well, he is able to accurately present their points of view. The novel is structured in layered vignettes which vary in time reference. The narration moves from present to past and back again, complimenting Conroy's theme of the acceptance of the past in order to control one's future. Each flashback episode reflects upon a main character to explain a background which has helped determine his or her present situation. For instance, the Holocaust stories of Ruth and George Fox help...
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