The Structure Of The Great Gatsby By Hannah Baker

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The structure of the text is linear, it progresses from one tape to the next with flashbacks involved to give more detail. The timespan of the novel is Hannah Baker's beginning of freshman year to halfway/close to end of sophomore year. All of the book is either a thought or spoken, some of Hannah's and Clays words aren't very connected, making the reader envision the words in their mind. Since Clay is thinking instead of writing the words/sentences come out a little off and improper. But this just adds onto the writer's style for the book, and I enjoyed this style of writing since it seemed realistic. No teenager is going to think in proper grammar, and if they did it wouldn't be something too interesting and the writer could've lost the reader

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