![]() ![]() Jules goes to the hospital to ID her sister, where she notices her sister’s missing bracelet. Lena is angry and filled with grief and guilt, convinced her mother committed suicide. She travels back to Beckford to go to her childhood home, where she meets her niece Lena. Part 1, Section 1 begins with Jules' voice as she learns about her sister’s death. ![]() The reader hears the perspectives from the characters Jules, Lena, Josh, Louise, Mark, Nickie, Erin, and Nel (also called the drowning pool). In Part 1, Section 1 (or the first 60 pages) the narrative voice switches 14 times. Though various pieces of the story are told from each character’s perspective, the novel primarily speaks from Jules’ and Lena’s perspectives. The story, however, also goes back in time to 1993, 1983, 1920, and 1679. The story centers around a small town called Beckford, England and mostly takes place in current time around the summer, fall, and winter of 2015. For the purposes of this guide, the first three parts are split into two sections, as they are longer, and Part 4 is kept as one. ![]() Some of the vignettes are told from the first person, and others are told from the third person perspective. Each part is broken into several page mini vignettes from the perspective of various characters labeled in the beginning of the story. Into the Water is a fiction story told in four parts, with no chapter headings. The following version of this book was used to create this study guide: Hawkins, Paula. ![]()
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