Eggers follows linear structure with a cluster of seemingly nontraditional nonlinear dialogue that made it a complicated read, and a bit mindboggling. It felt nonlinear as he recalled past events, it was difficult to know where he was in the time in the beginning of the story. The lead in the transition phase to the cluster was a time transition phase, “What had happened” which followed with a series of incidents that he was rolling over in his mind. Each event transition one to the other with the transition word “and”, as if to say “next”, or “then this happened.” he simply used the word and to describe people who he referred to as his enemies list. He used And most of all to describe his offensive animus for real estate agents, sharing the dialogue asked he exchanged with them. Initially, his writing style seemed a bit incoherent. Nevertheless, after getting into the rhythm of his writing style I was able to follow his teeter totter …show more content…
Somehow he ended up on the BART, wrestling with a mental fantasy about a woman with a small girl without any transition word. It worked because at this point I was into his scatterbrain writing style. He did a good job of making the reader experience the plight of this young man who now had the responsibility of caring for his younger brother. At this point the story seems relatively familiar. My college sweetheart had to take care of his brother at the age of 22 and I was there, and somehow became the mom of an 8 year old kid at the age of 18. We experienced the same thing with my boyfriend's sibling after his parents passed away. Now, I am captivated! Oh, yes, I am supposed to be looking for transition