I provided additional biographical information about the author, Henry James, and emphasized his importance to American Literature . James graphically illustrated the differences between American and European culture and meticulously explored a character's consciousness. We analyzed how the novel uses an unknown first person narrator who relates the story and consciousness of Winterborne through a limited third person narration buried within the first person narration. We then examined the clash between American and European culture portrayed in the opening pages noting the diction and behaviors of Winterborne and Daisy's crass and parochial younger brother.