The Pact, by Jodi Picoult, is a story that involves the suicide pact of two teenaged lovers not going as planned and the events and emotions that followed. The narration in this story can be described as third person omniscient, meaning that the narrator is all-seeing and all-knowing. Every few chapters, the narrator switches from focusing in on one character to another. For example, one chapter can be following the thoughts and actions of Chris, one of the teens in the novel, and then the next chapter may be focused on the thoughts of Emily, his girlfriend, either one of their parents, or Chris’ lawyer Jordan. The third person narrator shifting between 6 characters every few chapters allows the reader to get a deeper understanding of an form relationships with each of the main character. The reader’s receive in depth descriptions of each of the characters thoughts, feelings, and actions before and after the tragic and shocking event unfolds. The first excerpt below focused in on the character Melanie Gold while a detective talks to her about her daughter and the second excerpt describes Chris Harte’s thoughts during his return to school. Thanks to the third person omniscient point of view this story uses, the readers get to witness the thoughts these characters held during these events.
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