A Visit into the Minds of the Goon Squad Anonymous 12th Grade

In Jennifer Egan’s A Visit From The Goon Squad, each chapter brings with it a different point of view that adds new dimensions that build upon the story arc. To emphasize characters’ thoughts and feelings and to offer different perspectives of recurring characters, Jennifer Egan uses varying points of view in “Ask Me If I Care,” “Safari,” and “You (Plural).” Rhea’s perspective in “Ask Me If I Care” provides the audience with a comprehensive view of her group while delivering the story in an adolescent manner. The narrators in “Safari” offers a look inside characters' minds and their futures. Finally, in “You (Plural),” Jocelyn explains from a first-person perspective how her relationship with Lou affected her.

Rhea’s first-person perspective offers a holistic view of her group and a reflection of her own adolescent state. Rhea is the odd one out in the bunch. As she puts it, “Jocelyn knows I’m waiting for Bennie. But Bennie is waiting for Alice, who’s waiting for Scotty, who’s waiting for Jocelyn...Jocelyn loves Scotty back, but she isn’t in love with him...No one is waiting for me. In this story, I’m the girl no one is waiting for” (Egan, 42). She is the lone ranger in this mix of lovebirds, and her status offers the reader a...