Imagine a world where your last name is the company you work for. Imagine a world where the United States includes all of North America, all of South America, all of Australia, the Pacific Islands, South Africa, India, Thailand, and Russia. Welcome to Government Jennifer. The novel can be seen by the reader as a simple but innovative story. The novel can also be seen as a deep, catawampus story with many twists blended well together. Each subsequent chapter is told from the point of view of a different character; each chapter features a different twist that keeps the reader guessing from paragraph to paragraph; each chapter delves into the meaning of human emotions. Max Barry focuses heavily on using his story's political satire plot, using a unique third-person limited point of view style to create a story of deceit and scandal. In the first chapters of Jennifer Government, the reader will notice a unique narrative style. First the reader follows Hack Nike to his office building. Next the reader is behind Hayley McDonald's, a student. A few turns of the page and the reader finds himself behind Buy Mitsui, a stock broker. Barry takes the traditional third-person style of gameplay and adds a twist. In traditional third-person limited, a narrator becomes the character's shadow, following him around and narrating what he sees happening. However, Barry's limited third-person style takes on a slight twist. A reader might imagine that there are several narrators in Jennifer Government. This style of point of view adds a new feeling when reading the novel. The reader will look through the eyes of someone who follows Jennifer Government and see it in one style, but then on the next page, the reader will see what's happening through the eyes of someone who follows Billy NRA. Even though the narrator may change, the story will move forward. You can compare the technique to a basketball game. One moment, the person is in the audience watching the game. The next moment the person is a player on the bench. Then the person becomes a player on the field who takes shots. Afterwards, the person turns into a referee who calls the match. Ultimately, the person becomes the coach and dictates the rules of the game.
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