The point of view in Every Day, is from our main character "A's" perspective. Once readers have bonded with this character, they are forced to see through his eyes, no matter what body he's in. Which technically, they experience things from many different points of view - considering "A" is in a new body every day - depending on the persons race, gender, sexuality, or social class. The lines below are from a morning when "A" awakes in a body that is very overweight.
"The next morning it's hard to raise my head from the pillow, hard to raise my arms from my sides, hard to raise my body from the bed."
"This is because I must weigh at least three hundred pounds." (270)
Wow, what an interesting concept! It really helps the reader to see inside the character's mentality.
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