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Duality In David Mitchell's Black Swan Green

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Theme: David Mitchell’s, Black Swan Green, reveals the difficulties that one faces when conforming tor acceptance and the freedom that comes with being true to yourself. Evidence: Point of View • Mitchell’s, Black Swan Green, is narrated in immediate first person by the main character, Jason Taylor. By entering into the mind of one person the author both narrows the focalization and allows for a more engaged examination of our protagonist’s dual relationship with his true self, the poet and his fabricated self, the ruffian pleaser. Jason has a limited point of view, although he can communicate his innermost thoughts and emotional state to an imaginary audience he is withheld from a position of higher knowledge and remains ignorant of what

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