Linda Brewer's 20-20/20 Literary Criticism

In Linda Brewer’s “20/20”, perspective helps tell the story using the omniscient third person point of view. Ruthie’s a very laidback person who is always talking about seeing all sorts of things, whether it’s cows, an Indian paintbrush, or a Golden eagle (Mays 17). Bill on the other hand is a very logical person (Mays 18). Ruthies’ friend Bill seemed to be annoyed by Ruthies’ unusual sights, but why? Was it because his eyes were rarely open enough to see the bigger and far more beautiful picture of their surroundings, but Ruthie was? We can see all the horror and terrible things going on in the world, but somewhere there is something magical and great to see, and we just have to keep our eyes