In The Girl Who Drank the Moon, Kelly Barnhill uses multiple perspectives to develop suspense, foreshadowing, irony, and theme. So before we get to these big ticket literary devices, it’s worthwhile to spend some time on the seemingly humbler topic of point of view and perspective. The Girl Who Drank the Moon is written in third person omniscient, but the author’s use of multiple perspectives deserves way more attention than the typical “What’s the point of view?” discussion will render. The real treasure lies in analyzing how the author uses multiple perspectives to build suspense, theme, irony, etc. We’ll get into this more in future posts, but here are some…
