Posted by Brianna Lumsden on June 03, 1999 at 17:32:42:
Huddle frames the story by having the narrator tell the story. He starts out in first person narration to draw the reader in. He introduces us to Michelle and we find out that she is a quiet person and somewhat of a loner. When the narrator tells us about the story of Michelle, her teacher, and the cliff he is very detailed in his description. The narrator now changes from first person point of view to third person. It almost seems as if he were there himself. Huddle frames the story in this way to try and put us in the mind of the narrator who has received a story second hand. This story is a story within a story. This story because of the way it is written is very mysterious. If the story were written from Michelle's point of view we maybe would have not seen the story about her and her teacher in the same light. She would have maybe told us what happened to his wife and kids and the investigation. But, since the narrator is merely recalling Michelle and her story years later after she told him, the story is now from the narrator's memory. I thought this story was very interesting and exciting because of the way Huddle framed it. I thought it was a nice change to have a story within a story and to have the narrator tell us about his memory of Michelle's story.