What is the attitude of the elder Paul to his younger self? How does the narrative style and structure affect our understanding of the story?

Attitude of the elder Paul to his younger self:

• "first impressions?Misleading of course. As always."
• paul looks at his younger self as arrogant ad is ashamed because he knows he was ignorant and immature.
• paul as a fifteen yr old was conceited, selfish and is used to being the best and the one and only.
• The older Paul comments thruoghout the novel about his younger self with disgust and abhorrence.
• egotistical
• Paul has a rite of passage into maturity.
• Maestro follows Paul from early adolescence into adulthood and depicts Paul learning and understanding about life.
• Throughout the novel, paul travels from being an indulged boy with no real understanding of his emotions, to a state in which he recognises the need for the emotional part of himself.
• He starts out as a spoilt and naive teenager, and develops to become a mature, respectable and humbled individual.
• Paul soon learns to love others, and not just himself.

Structure:

• Musical Structure
• The chapter "Intermezzo" is used in the middle to part the novel life a piece of music.
• It is a brief change of pace, as it is in music.
• Poetic
• Keller's scrawled "libretto"(the lyrics to an opera) on his newspaper-clipping "textbook"

By last years yr 12 Eng class.