How Many Miles to Babylon? is written in the style of a memoir and uses techniques such as foreshadowing, juxtaposition and animal imagery to depict the natural beauty of the boys' childhood, the coldness of Alec's family life and the horror of war.
The form of a text is the type of text you are reading or watching.
The form of How Many Miles to Babylon? is a novel. This means it is a narrative text, telling a fictional story which is written in proseThe ordinary form of language (spoken or written); different from poetry (which does not reflect everyday speech patterns)..
This novel is written using a memoir Writing about your own life and memories, usually focusing on one aspect. style, flashing back to the narrator’s childhood.
There is no division into chapters as the flashback device creates a sense that we hear only a series of events that had emotional significance in Alec’s life.
The novel could also be seen as a BildungsromanA type of novel that tells about the early moral, psychological, and intellectual development of the main character. The Harry Potter books are a modern-day example. as it traces the events of a young boy’s life.