Question: How is the emotional state of the narrator used in the story
Observation: The narrator tells us of the events that led up to him marrying Cynthia, a sixteen year old girl, “wild” in her own words, who is utterly bored with life in the small community where she lives. He describes her despair with people of her own age, with her parents.
Told from his point of view, though once he says he copies her words exactly, we never get a truthful look inside her mind. The narrator is a careful observer though, and his description of her and the life she lives, is detailed in texture, using various senses to recreate them truthfully. As a reader, you never get the feeling he is playing you.
