One text structure that is displayed through most of this book is zooming in/zooming out. The zooming in would be when Jaycee is telling what had happened in those 18 years of captivity. The zooming out would be in the Reflection chapters when she speaks on her life now. It appears as though in the regular chapters she speaks as a first-person character, but in the reflections, she speaks more as an author breaking the fourth wall. An example of this can be found on page 147, this quote comes from the character chapter “Nancy Becomes Mom” “He is taking new medication that his psychiatrist has prescribed him. I have learned that one of his therapists diagnosed him with ADD (attention deficit disorder). He said this therapist changed his life. He finally understands why he felt the need to ‘self-medicate’ all these years. Sine they treat ADD with methamphetamines, he believes that’s what he subconsciously was trying to do all these years.” The next comes from a Reflection chapter speaking about the same things from her standpoint after the release.”His ‘self-medicating’ all these years was apparently due to the fact that he had ADD and bipolar disorder. The therapist recommended Zoloft for bipolar and Ritalin for the ADD. I wonder what would have happened if the therapist held Phillip accountable. It’s also my opinion that another of Philip’s doctors was also an ‘enabler.’ He used to have Philip come to his office every month or so, and apparently, he thought he was a changed man, too.”
Jaycee Dugard’s daughters
a stolen life 