60 pages • 2 hours read
Charles GraeberA modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more.
Often referred to as perspective, point of view is the angle through which a story is told. It dictates how much information a reader gets and from what source, influencing what a reader knows regarding the narrative. In The Good Nurse, Graeber uses the third-person limited point of view. This means that the biography is told using third-person perspective (with “she” and “he” pronouns that make the book feel like watching a movie), but rather than providing a broad, overarching understanding of all events, it focuses on the perspective of individual figures, conveying an intimate understanding of what they know or don’t know. For example, when the narrative is focused on Charlie, the narrative reveals only his thoughts and feelings. This format creates dramatic tension, especially for a mystery such as this, because readers quickly learn that Charlie is a murderer. The mystery then becomes how he’s caught rather than the crime itself.
Jargon is a word used to describe the use of specific phrases and words to fit situations, professions, or trades. It’s also used to tie communities together, as certain phrases are specific to interests or events.
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