Analysis Of One Foot In Eden

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After reading One Foot in Eden, the audience can see that it is a type of crime novel with multiple views of the crime with different suspects and motives to a murder. The book takes place in the South East region of the United States in Jocassee, South Carolina which is located in the Appalachia region. The book is written in the first person narrative with different perspectives where the audience is able to see where every character was and what they were doing in the book at the time of the crime and what the characters ' feelings were toward the crime. Through first person narration the audience also gets to witness character progression through the mind of the character, the audience is allowed to be close to the characters and they can …show more content…

Another reason the first person perspective could have been chosen is because it really hooks the reader into trying to figure out who the murderer is and why they committed the murder. The third person omniscient perspective would not be able to hide the murder and the “wow factor” would be lost immediately. The author could have used third person limited in the story as well and only followed one character. This would have made the story less appealing because the audience misses out on key feelings of other characters since the story would have to be told by only one person and it would not be able to develop fully through the narration of other characters. The audience would also miss the character development of other key characters in the story unless it really effects the main character in some way. First person narration gives the author options to tell the story through the eyes of one person at a time and in great detail of that person with all of their thoughts and feelings completely expresses with no limitations. This was true in One Foot in Eden because the audience saw the whole problem through the eyes of multiple people with different opinions of what happened in the story. The audience is able to connect with each character on some level and can feel sympathetic for the character that is

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