Most of the first section of the book is told from Karin's point of view. However, the story occasionally shifts to Mark's point of view. While Mark is in the process of recovering after his coma, the glimpses into his mind are very interesting.
Mark's thoughts are sometimes confusing to read and seem to be almost riddles that contain some hidden meaning for the reader to decipher. These passages are Mark's memories of the accident he was in as well as his thoughts as he struggles for consciousness and coherency. The events surrounding the car accident are a mystery to everyone, and even Mark's memories are described using such abstract images as " great oxbows, age bends, lazy delayed S, switch current to still as long as possible the one long drop it already finishes...Face forcing up into soundless scream. White column, lit in a river of light. Then pure terror, pealing into air, flipping and falling, anything but hit target" (10).
These descriptions are so jagged and give off the feeling of having been strung together that they do more to add to the ever growing mystery rather than clarify any part of it. By using such short and broken up sentences, the author is able to accurately depict to the reader the incompleteness of Mark's thoughts due to his head injury and make the reader wonder if even Mark really knows what happened to him. Slowly, the sections in Mark's point of view start to use more complete thoughts within the sentences which shows his path towards recover. Despite this, the mystery surrounding the accident continues as, with the recovery of his consciousness, Mark realizes that there is "something else he is supposed to remember. Something else to save someone. Desperate message" (34), but he can't quite grasp it. Almost as if his memories are like a dream that he can still feel below the surface of his thoughts, but which he can't quite remember.
These descriptions are so jagged and give off the feeling of having been strung together that they do more to add to the ever growing mystery rather than clarify any part of it. By using such short and broken up sentences, the author is able to accurately depict to the reader the incompleteness of Mark's thoughts due to his head injury and make the reader wonder if even Mark really knows what happened to him. Slowly, the sections in Mark's point of view start to use more complete thoughts within the sentences which shows his path towards recover. Despite this, the mystery surrounding the accident continues as, with the recovery of his consciousness, Mark realizes that there is "something else he is supposed to remember. Something else to save someone. Desperate message" (34), but he can't quite grasp it. Almost as if his memories are like a dream that he can still feel below the surface of his thoughts, but which he can't quite remember.
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