The Clan of the Cave Bear | Style
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The Clan of the Cave Bear uses a third-person, omniscient narrator to explain Ayla's difficulties in assimilating into her adopted culture. The readers know exactly what is going to happen before the characters do. Because Broud's jealous feelings and Ayla's bewildered compliance are clearly drawn by the narrator, Ayla's exile from the Clan is inevitable from the moment she received her totem and stole Broud's thunder. The narration is so heavy-handed and thorough that it drains the novel of any dramatic irony or suspense. This point...
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