Jan 2, 2010

Victory over Japan | Style

Point of View‘‘Victory Over Japan’’ is narrated in the first person by Rhoda Manning, a third-grade girl. Like many of Gilchrist’s female characters, Rhoda is completely self-absorbed, which makes her version of the events she recounts entirely subjective.

Style
Allowing her characters to speak for themselves is typical of Gilchrist’s fiction and ‘‘Victory Over Japan’’ is no exception. Since Rhoda is a child when she recounts these events, it is natural that her narrative voice will be that of a young child. But critics have commented that...