![]() ![]() He realizes that he must tell his story for the sake of the animals he loved so much, and so that Red’s daughter Augie Ann will know her mother’s true story. The following summary relies on the present tense.Īs his life closes in on him in a convalescent home bed, Woody hears about the impending extinction of giraffes and punches the TV. ![]() The novel is divided into 16 chapters named after the place where the chapter’s events transpire and are intermingled with newspaper clippings, telegrams and postcards. The past tense is used in Woody’s recounting of the story, and the present tense is used in sections that describe Woody’s writing process in the convalescent home. Lynda Rutledge’s West With Giraffes is written in the first person point of view, and utilizes both past and present tenses. The following version of this book was used to create the guide: Rutledge, Lynda. ![]()
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