Narrator and point of view

The short story “Home Is Not Here” by Laura Blake is told from the perspective of a third-person narrator.

The narrator is limited to the main character Birdie’s point of view. This allows the story to focus on Birdie’s memories and feelings, while the emotions of the other characters such as the immigration officer are filtered through Birdie’s perspective, such as: “ ‘I am sure you can appreciate how difficult it’s been trying to solve all these decades-old cases. It’s been a nightmare, actually. I’ve b...