User blog comment:MichaelDiaz101/Other Side of the Tracks (Part 2 of 3)/@comment-26358727-20150716163514

I don't think I commented on the first part of this, but I have been anxiously awaiting an update to it. I think there's no secret in my favoritism of the Greasers by now, so this is right up my alley - whether it's from Hal's perspective or Pinky's.

There's no harm in showing us the world through someone else's eyes; in fact, given how things went between Hal and Pinky in the previous part, it's actually very enlightening to get a glimpse of the world through Pinky's eyes. We know how Hal felt about her, but does Pinky feel the same? And to what extent? The fact that she's willing - and even eager - to blow off Derby for a Greaser says more than any amount of dialogue she could have exchanged with Hal in a Hal POV piece.

I think switching views was a very useful tool in this instance, and a very good choice for the atmosphere of the story. It paints a beautiful contrast to what we perceive as the life of a Prep and what the reality so often tends to be.