Princess Ashley | Literary Qualities
Peck's strength lies in his ability to create strong individual characters. By choosing Chelsea as the first-person narrator of the novel, he presents an honest storyteller, and a perfect one for easy reader identification. Having the entire story told through a flashback gives Chelsea the opportunity not only to relay experiences, but to understand the important effects they have on future events.
Peck uses musicians to convey period of the events, and this device works well: "Was it the Michael Jackson year or the Prince year? No, it was the Madonna year." Since Peck mentions...
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