Part one of term paper
Ng uses time in several ways. First she lays the groundwork in the present, which introduces the reader to the character. It isn’t so much a character development but more of a character breakdown to a partial development. It is almost a cycle but not quite. She implements this by flashing back in time but she doesn’t do this erratica ...

Part two of term paper
... struck, how it could have been prevented, and who is to blame if indeed, anyone is to blame. Leila finds herself doing the same thing. She knows Ona’s suicide (if it was a suicide) was not a result of drug abuse alone nor was it a freak accident but that there were a number of things, which may have caused this to happen. Even more so, time is used as an introspective of Leila. The events that took place are equally responsible for Leila’s present life as they are Ona’s death. Leila ...