"I didn't figure out till years later the extent of what I had been saved from." -pg. 145
The viewpoint of Edie in the story is different from the time she is experiencing the story and the time she's telling it. As a fifteen year old, she is very naive and curious. The way narrator Edie speaks about her young self provides us with insight that she thought of herself as naive back then. Diction and phrases used to describe herself and the situations make the reader think Edie is much more mature now. The purpose of this is to show the vast change between fifteen year old Edie and the mature, married, and mother Edie. It's effective through the attitude the narrator takes on her younger self. She realizes how stupid she was to wait for the pilot to come back to her. Also, she realizes how innocent and naive she was with the thoughts she had about her relationship with the pilot.
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