Narrative Voice By Amy

Question 1: Does the narrator speak in the first, second or third person?
The narrator in the whole section spoke in first form under the protagonist role of Jing Mei. Though, she several times mentioned in second form while shifting to his step sisters or during the role of father, still the majority of story revolves around the element of ‘I’. So, the author spoke in first form in the whole book in terms of character Jing Mei, in which she wrote in his perspective or point of view.
Question 2: Is the story narrated in the past or present tense? Does the verb tense affect your reading of it anyway?
The narration was in present tense even though the story revolves around in Past tense. Jing Mei perspective of this story is in the present tense but during the shift of timelines, the tense also changed. When explaining the Auntie Lindo conversation with Mei, the verb was changed to past tense so in my opinion, Amy tan did a fantastic job in shifting the verbs with the timeline. In perspective view of narration, the writer used present tense and shifted accordingly during different past timelines. …show more content…
Amy Tan moved between the story timeline and though these timelines were interconnected, still they lack the consistency of what we call voice or focus. For example, shifting from past timeline to present timeline describes some different point of views in terms of time, like Jing Mei talking with her mother and shifting to arrival at the airport describe different voice, timelines and shift of focus. Author did a great job in presenting the book in different story line, which explains the inconsistency in