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Prompt: What special way did the author write (for example, flashbacks, told in first person, multiple voice narrative, foreshadowing, lost descriptive words that create visual images in your mind, etc.)? Did that make reading it better or
worse? Explain.
The story in Counting By Sevens the story is not told in a linear formal way. In the beginning of the book we are introduced to our main character Willow Willow appears to be with a man named Dell and her friends as they are eating ice cream. When they arrive to Willow’s house the police are there and telling her about what happened to her parents. Then the story goes back a few weeks to establish the storyline of the book until the characters return to the point in time were we find out what happened to her parents.
I found this type of story telling to be quite interesting as instead of being told what happens you have to read. Which of course some people might not enjoy as they want to know what happens. This way of story telling also makes you think and try to find any foreshadowing as you try to find out what will happen. A downside to this type of storytelling is that wanting to know what is happening in the story can be distracting.
In Counting By Sevens the main character per chapter throughout out the is always changing. The main character throughout the book is Willow and most the chapter revolve around her, but in some of the chapters to learn characters backgrounds or what they are thinking the chapter will shift to their P.O.V.
This type of writing is interesting and is less conventional, it is still an idea that is used, but it is still some what refreshing compared to other books. The obvious downfall of this would be the fact that sometimes it can be confusing on whether or not Willow is the main character of the chapter especially when the chapter is about her best friend, were they have similarities.
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