Linda answers “Question: is the main character (narrator)...”

Cara Meredith asked this question about Swing Time:

Question: is the main character (narrator) ever named?!

Linda No. I think the point is to underscore the fact that her story, the story she's been telling us, isn't really even about her. There is a scene at the …moreNo. I think the point is to underscore the fact that her story, the story she's been telling us, isn't really even about her. There is a scene at the very end when she's watching a dance clip and she realizes that she's been a "shadow" all her life, attaching herself to the brighter light of more charismatic people (first her mother, then Tracey, and later Aimee) and while it's a sad realization for someone to make in her mid thirties, it's also uplifting because you get the sense that she's not going to do that anymore.(less)

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Roger Brunyate Excellent point that had quite escaped me. She does, however, have a lot in common with the author's own background and interests. ...more
Jun 15, 2018 07:58AM · flag

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