What is the author's style in The Color of Water by James McBride?

The
author of , , uses two very distinct styles in order to convey the
different points of view and backgrounds of he and his mother in his
memoir/autobiography.

For example, in the odd chapters, he writes in the
first-person point of view of his mother, and he uses italics to convey that they are her actual
words from an interview. The style is very informal and conversational. For example, in the
chapter entitled "Kosher," his mother is describing the many strict, idiosyncratic
rules of Judaism to her son, who was not raised in that culture. In her words, he
writes:

You need to read up on it because I ain't no
expert. They got folks who write whole books about it, go find them and ask them! Or read the
Bible! Shoot! Who am I? I ain't nobody! I can't be telling the world this! I don't know! (p.
17)

In contrast, in the even chapters, McBride describes
his childhood experiences using a very formal, descriptive tone with figurative language andin
order to...