Recitatif | Style
Point of View
Twyla is the main character and also the narrator of the story. She describes the events in the first person, from her own perspective, and the events are presented as Twyla remembers them. One of the places where point of view is most pivotal is in terms of memories of Maggie. Early in the story, Twyla describes her memories of the orchard. At first she claims that ‘‘nothing really happened there. Nothing all that important, I mean,’’ then goes on to describe how one day the orphanage’s mute kitchen women, Maggie, fell down in the orchard and the big...
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