Johnny not only remember many details about his ch Essays - Irving

Johnny not only remember many details about his childhood, but he is able to retell his story in with specific details. Using Johnny as the narrator, Irving reflect back and forth between the past and current time of Johnny. Through the journey of Johnny, the author used a method different from others in style, structure, and characterization to keep readers enthralled in the story line. The structure of this novel is different from the others because Irving somehow summarized the whole story in one sentence, the first sentence of the book. From here, Irving develop his story to answer the questions that the readers might have after reading the introduction. This is a style that Irving uses to write his books; he always has the ending of the story in mind while developing it. Another interesting style to note is that Irving almost brought Johnny's mother back to life. Instead of developing her character first, Irving had her killed by a foul ball. It is only after that incident that Irving starts to reveal the background of this unfortunate soul. Because of this idea of resurrection, the readers have to constantly remind themselves that the mother is no longer alive. In addition, Irving does not just develop his characters in the beginning; they change throughout the book. For this reason, readers must pay close attention to each change of the characters and observe the changes throughout the course of the book. On top of all this, Irving also leave mysteries throughout the book, for he would mention a certain event that brings up many questions. Irving does not answer these questions right away, but he waits until the end to tie all of these mysteries together.