The chapters alternate between Odetteās voice and that of a third-person narrator. Why do you think the author chose Odette as a narrator?
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I think that Odette was the strongest character in the book and definitely the strongest of the Supremes. She had a fierceness about her and also the ability to get right to the heart of any matter. She was put in some scary situations when she was young and never failed to do the right thing no matter how terrifying.
Also, she could speak to dead people.
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Also, the story was basically hers, but her relationships to the others was very important and the parts they played in her life was what helped get her through the toughest of times. I don't think one of the other characters would have worked as a narrator.
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Because Odette was fearless, after all she was born in a sycamore tree, I feel the author could tap into a strong womans voice. It made the authors writing as a woman believable. There are characteristics of Odette that we would all like to have.
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Even before I scrolled past previous comments, my immediate response to this question was that Odette's ability to see the presence of people who had died gave her a special maturity/ strength/ and perspective. Odette helps the reader to see that some of the events which seem so important to mortals are tiny ripples in a river.
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She was the most fully formed character. The other two had mothers who were such bad examples for daughters that they were struggling as adults. Odette was strong, happy, content with herself and her life, and able to be very funny. She was the center of the entire story.
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