In The Whole Family, chapter ten and chapter eleven are written in two different styles of writing from the perspectives of two different people. all(prenominal) paragraph is competing with the other for the romantic ending of the story. Chapter ten sets up a twist on the earlier chapters for Peggy and Dr. Denbigh to have a serious love affair using the accounts of a puppyish boy. Chapter eleven denies the love affair between Peggy and the doctor and foreshadows a completely new idea for an ending.
        Chapter ten is narrated by a young boy, Billy. This whole chapter is Billy writing a address for Lorraine about everything he knows about Peggy and Harry Goward. There are many occasions when the storyteller gets completely off subject. These tangents underscore the accompaniment that a young boy is narrating this chapter. During an account of a certain situation involving Peggy and Dr. Denbigh, instead of getting straight to the point, the narrator goes into a detailed story about putting a worm down Peggys back (245). This later story had perfectly nothing to do with the story at hand. This chapter in addition alludes to the fact that Alice does not know anything Billy is writing to Lorraine. Wont their be a circus when Alice finds out that Ive known things she didnt (263).
        There are also Shakespearean references in this chapter. Dr. Denbigh calls Billy Horatio, a famous source in Hamlet (256). In this play, Horatio was the yet person who knew the virtue about Hamlets father. Dr. Denbigh calling Billy this name says Billy is the only person who knows Peggy and Dr. Denbighs secret. Billy also has a pony a named Hotspur (260). Hotspur was a character from Henry IV. His nickname was Hotspur because he was bumpy in battle and hasty...
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