context: Since a journal is written from the perspective of each day, Mountstuart's moods change as events affect him.
source: The form lends itself to plotlessness, since the author/narrator inevitably cannot see the overall structure of the story.
reference_original: La forma se presta a la falta de trama, pues el autor/narrador no puede ver la estructura general de la historia.
reference_flipped: La forma se presta a la falta de trama, pues la autora/narradora no puede ver la estructura general de la historia.