How Does Dujardin Use Interior Monologue

She thought a lot about her dead fiance, Mike. This was a main part in the book, along with her thoughts on believing she would soon die from the illness she obtained. However, she believed she still had a lot to live for and felt her kids needed more help, since they were still young.

The thought of never being able to go back to the comforts of her old life. P.7

In the story, Oates uses interior monologue and third person limited omniscient narration to show how her parents neglect contributes to Connie’s vulnerability and how Arnold Friend is successful in his strategies of seduction. It’s obvious that Connie’s parents always have neglected her. Her mom is always evaluating her and critiquing her physical appearance. She is continuously comparing her to her sister June and Connie feels like she can never be on the same level as June. Since her sister is responsible and respectful Connie gets a great deal of freedom. Her dad has no sense to watch over or protect Connie, he just comes home and goes to bed, isn't curious about what is going on, he is extremely disengaged from her life. Connie thinks

In the novel Unwind by Neal Shusterman, the author includes an interior monologue that reveals Risa’s feelings toward Connor following their “argument,” as she contrasts her feelings and her thoughts. He uses interior monologue to express Risa’s mixed emotions toward Connor, and how her feelings and her thoughts are fighting against one another. Just prior to this reflection, Risa had begun to start a fake argument with Connor, in hopes of finding out whether or not she could really trust Lev. However, what she didn’t know was that Connor could tell that she was just trying to continue the argument to test Lev, and told her that he could read her plan afterward. The internal monologue begins with Risa saying how she has to “hold back a smile,” and that, “she’s

She knew no one else would know this. This shows her quick mindedness in thinking of one thing that only her and her beloved husband would

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understanding of why her situation just isn’t livable. “If [she] had been asked to put into words

In this passage,

Black stage two stop light one two figures dressed in black. On the floor in fetal postions

If I didn't believe, they might not return." (pg. 146). They said they would be back. But Jeannette wasn't sure if they would be. She thought that they would leave her and her siblings with their grandparents and never returned. But Jeannette managed to convince herself that they would be back. Even if they weren't, she had hope that they would be home to save them from the hell that is Erma Walls.

people often too caution, but it is also evident that she wished to be free and to live her life despite her

Weeping like a baby, I walk away from the frustrating, sweet music that hides such devastating and infuriating emotions. Like a bright red rose that smells of redolent, aromatic fragrance satisfying the nose, yet with thorns that impair when tempted.

These few lines will be extensively discussed and analyzed in the remainder of the book as the topics for chapters two through five.

cope with the events in her life because she was so adapted to being told how to think and