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For example, when Eva reads the New York Times newspaper regarding her son’s murder trial, in which, she is described as a “defiant” woman, she writes – “I grant that I stiffened in court, squinting and sucking my cheeks against my molars”. This is a great advantage because if the reader understands the main character’s thoughts and feelings, the reader can get closer to the characters. Also by being closer to the character, the reader can sympathise for the character and think about how it would feel to be in their position, for example in this case, a person who has a murderer for a son. Also the epistolary form is very realistic because we send letters to and from each other in real life as
