Complicating race cont. 2

The way to narrate in this book is clearly by thrid person.  Furthmore, it cannot be considered by Wilson herself such as Marji in Persepolis.  That is, although it is the fact that she reflects her own experience in the story, nobody in the book cannot be identified as Wilson even the narrator of third person and Frado.  Then we can use the interpretation of “Variations of Distance” by Booth.  In Types of Narration, Booth explains that “the narrator may be more or less distant from the implied author and most authors are distant from even the most knowing narrator in that they presumably know” (p. 156).  That is, the method of narration by the third person causes a distance from Wilson to Frado.  The narrator in this story is also written as if the third person knows every develpoment of the story.  However, although the development of the story is similar to Wilson’s experience, the entire story is differnet from the life of Wilson.  All of this can make an audience second guesss the role of race and how it is portryaed.  Sometimes the audience can think situations in the novel are actually what happened to Wilson, while other audiences can assume that the novel is just a narrative interpretation of Wilson’s life.  The role of the African-american and what is happenng to them can conflict what actual happenened in Wilson’s life.  “She had never known plenty” (Wilson 7).  When one is viewed as property and unable to make decisions for one’s self, one has only what is given to them.  Is this true for Wilson’s life?  Did she experience the same situation?  These questions are there to try and interpret the role of black people during the time.  The conflicting views or race is often the reason for the questions given by an audience.  Afterall, children wre sometimes given up in order for the parents to get by.  Furthermore, when one is used to “the great brotherhood of man” (Wilson 6) ignoring them, then one loses hope for a change.  These people are making no effort to escape.