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In the Trudier Harris analysis of Leaving Atlanta, it is brought to attention how the novel’s point of view shifts in alignment with the personality of the chapter's respective child: Tasha, Rodney, and Octavia. Readers are introduced to the narrative through Tasha’s section, by a traditional third person limited point of view. The third person limited point of view of is representative of her comforting nuclear family dynamic and represents a well protected child during these Atlanta Child Murders. The second chapter introduces Rodney’s section through a second person point of view which produces a distanced narration. His narrative is enhanced using second person narration and distances the reader in the same way Rodney distances himself from his own life, out of fear from his father and grade school tribulations. Lastly, we are introduced to Octavia a project child with a single mother, she narrates her own story in a first person point of view which emphasizes her independence, maturity, and sensitivity. These point of views are broken down as the chapters go on and present how a child's vulnerability changes with their familial structures and home life, especially within the context of the Atlanta Child Murders.