Blog Post #3 Prompt J -Lexi Smith

Blog Post #3-Prompt J

Although Rebecca is not alive during the time this book takes place, she ultimately overshadows everything in the lives of the characters. Our narrator, who is not named, feels as though she cannot live up to the standards that Rebecca has set. This makes it difficult to overcome her anxiety and insecurities throughout the book. The purpose of not naming our narrator is perhaps that it does not matter who our narrator is; she could have been any girl that Maxim felt suitable as an attempted replacement. It also doesn't matter who our narrator is because Rebecca overshadows everything within the book. It is especially stated that Rebecca is still very present in the lives of everyone when the older woman asks, "Do you think she can see us, talking to one another now? [...] Do you think the dead come back and watch the living?" (chapter 15, page 45 PDF) Everyone feels as though Rebecca is still watching over everything and it is especially present in our narrator who feels as though she cannot live up to the standards of Rebecca and it makes her feel as though she's living in the shadow of Rebecca.