Form, structure and language - CCEAForm

The form of a text is the type of text you are reading or watching.

The form of How Many Miles to Babylon? is a novel. This means it is a narrative text, telling a fictional story which is written in prose.

This novel is written using a memoir style, flashing back to the narrator’s childhood.

There is no division into chapters as the flashback device creates a sense that we hear only a series of events that had emotional significance in Alec’s life.

The novel could also be seen as a Bildungsroman as it traces the events of a young boy’s life.