Who Is The Narrator In Mrs Vadnie Sevlon

Have you ever created an imaginary world in your head? A world where everything is picture perfect. A world you step into when life gets too hard or when everything you wished for fails. Maybe, it is not an ordinary thing for a full-grown adult to go around and create imaginary things. But as a child we would often create imaginary friends and sometimes even an imaginary boy/girlfriend. With these imaginary people we live the life of our dream. A life where everything is quintessential. As, we grow up, we realize that the imaginary world has an end. That an immense aspect of growing up is to make these imaginary events a reality. But are all adults capable of erasing their imaginary world and face the real life? Maybe, some adults find the

It is bond to the protagonist, since we mainly hear it from her point of view and get an insight into her flow of thought. Hearing her flow of thought or inner monologue sharpens the focus on her psyche rather than the actual plot. For instance, we never hear how she actually gets fired from her job. On the contrary we get an impression that Vadnie might be expiring loneliness: “Vadnie Marlene Sevlon often said her own name, her whole name, to herself when she was alone. (...) maybe because it made her feel less lonely” (l. 11-12). Another interesting point with the style of narration is that we through Vadnie’s steam of consciousness learn that she has created an imaginary family and husband. As her thoughts flow we get the impression that she truly believes that her imaginary family is an actual reality. For instance, she talks about the kids having moved away and how her husband has not made her tea: Preston was up and out and had not brought her the usual cup of hot tea. The girls had already grown up and left home.” (l. 124-125). We also learn that Vadnie has a desire to tell people about her imaginary family “to whoever would listen” (l. 64). Which later on turns out to be a problem as she gets fired from her