Throughout Alas Babylon, Pat Frank uses third person omniscient as the point of view. The use of the words they, them, their, him/her, he/she, and the characters’ names. For example, “Florence gathered her pink flannel robe closer to her neck. She glanced up, apprehensively, through the kitchen window. All she saw were hibiscus leaves dripping in the pre-dawn ground fog, and blank grey sky beyond.(3)” Frank uses Florence’s name and pronouns such as she or her rather than I/me or you, which are used for first or second person respectively.
9) One of the advantages of using this point of view is that the reader will get to know multiple characters at once. On pages nine through eleven we simultaneously learn about Missouri , the McGoverns,
9) One of the advantages of using this point of view is that the reader will get to know multiple characters at once. On pages nine through eleven we simultaneously learn about Missouri , the McGoverns,