 Susan Landt, a teacher in St. Norbert College, proposes that multicultural literature will take a wide range of perspectives from individuals within historically marginalized groups.Heriberto Gordina, a teacher at the University of Iowa, and Rachelle McCoy, a teacher at West Branch High School in West Branch, Iowa, analyzed the novel in two different perspectives of multicultural literature.An emic perspective takes a view of a culture within its elements whereas an etic perspective takes an objective view of culture.