Annika Wahlsten

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3-1-15

Revision of Inquiry Questions

1. Whose perspective is missing

My independent book, The Sweet Far Thing by Libba Bray is the third book in series. Its about three girls exploring their powers in a magical other realm. The book is set in the late 1800s and the main character Gemma is the only one with magical powers, this leaves resentment from her friends Felicity and Ann who rely on Gemma to enter the realms. The book is shown through Gemmas perspective for many reasons.

For example if it were shown through Anns perspective the story would focus on Anns troubles like the fact that she's an orphan and feels like she has no future, these are valid problems but a completely different story from the one the author wants to tell. There would be less of a plot because most of the events in the book take place around Gemma and her magic.

Also if the book was Felicity's perspective you would get the outlook of blind frustration towards Gemma for holding all the magic. Also Felicity has very troubling family issues that we discover as her and Gemmas friendship grows. This gives felicity more depth from Gemmas first meeting with her, where she seems like a shallow bully.

 With Gemmas perspective you see how much pressure she has with all her power and your have more insight. Gemmas perspective also makes the mythical world more serious and real to the readers because its very real and scary to Gemma, You also get more of the Magical elements of the book through Gemma almost like Felicity and Ann are secondary characters for Gemma to have support, and their backstory are only relevant because they give them depth so they aren't just meaningless characters. Thats why the author choose Gemmas perspective.
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