Laura  

Ian McEwan’s, Saturday, mostly follows a traditional type of plot structure. However, there are a few aspects of the plot structure in which McEwan experiments with. The majority of the novel follows a chronological structure through which there are no flashbacks or time lapses. Yet, the peculiar thing about this novel’s plot is that it takes place within one day. Unlike his other novels, McEwan does not use Saturday’s plot structure in a subversive way. However, McEwan does some experimentation with the novel’s setting in the fact that the entire novel takes place within one Saturday. As a result, this experimentation is used in order to convey the same, short, repetitive days that Perowne goes through each week. Yet, this specific Saturday is the one time in which Henry Perowne experiences a harsh event that disrupts his normal daily routines. Thus, McEwan’s experimentation with the novel ultimately leaves the reader in the dark throughout the entire novel until the very end.