Point of views
"As it unfolded, the structure of the story began to remind me of one of those Russian dolls that contain innumerable ever-smaller dolls within. Step by step the narrative split into a thousand stories, as if it had entered a gallery of mirrors, its identity fragmented into endless reflections." (Zafon, 7) |
Carlos Ruiz Zafon's, The Shadow of the Wind is structured much like the novel that Daniel is reading with the same name written by Julian Carax. The entire story is not only told from Daniel's point if view, but repeatedly switches into various narratives. Each individual has there own story about what happened to Julian and each story adds a new layer to who Julian was. The use if this structure creates an element of mystery, because the story slowly unfolds as each individual's story begins to connect with the other. Just like the Russian dolls, there are numerous stories within this novel, that connect at the end to finally allow Daniel to understand Julian Carax and discover what really happened to him.